Insolite tree standing at the edge of a clear-cut zone

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I took this disturbing picture last weekend.

That large tree was standing - probably 40ft tall - at the edge of a clear-cut patch shaved to the ground.

Pointing at the rest of the forest - "Look what they've done"

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My first post on imgur http://imgur.com/WWaQG0a

I guess seeing it on the field had a different effect.
What I didn't know about Imgur is once you post something - you get negative score when refreshing image LoL. For which I earned negative score and the "Forever Alone" promotion. Oh well.
 
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Hmmm - I should of think twice before posting a tree huggin MEME in a "cut em all" blade oriented forum.

Let me rephrase then... Anyone volunteers to end this misery?

If so bring a large one. The picture makes it deceptively small.
That mofo is BIG! :D
 
What you posted is quite symbolic and descriptive of what is left of our forests in this neck of the woods. I am in favor of logging and have hugged a lot of trees with my chainsaws over my lifetime, but greed is outstripping wood supply and forest management is quite flawed in our region.
 
Moonw said:
Outstanding!
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I thought so too - To tell the truth, I think that huge tree was spared by the loggers. Left alone in the field, it probably attracted lightning. Then during the burning, a large piece fell and got hooked on the lower branches. It's hard to tell from the picture but the "human shape" part is huge. At least 20ft tall. It was surreal to look at.
 
So what is that, a second growth working forest?

Looks like it was dead prior to the widowmaker.

Stuff like that gets left standing because if it's felled it counts towards the stumpage.
 
Quite often around here they mark stuff like that as a wildlife tree, espcially if there are signs of nesting by any critters.

Had a buddy that logged for awhile and I went to work with him a few times. First time I saw a big W painted on a narly ole tree I asked if that meant you had to use a wedge, I thought all the cutters were gonna fall over laughing.

Said you had to leave those for Wildlife.
 
Behind (where I stand) is a shaved to the ground clear-cut area. Hasn't been re planted.

Small bushes are starting taking over. I can't tell if that tree was like that when they stripped the place - Maybe.

I guess yes, it's a second growth in progress.

We used to hunt in this area but I haven't been there in a while.
I'm currently injured so I only drive my truck reconning old/new spots for next year.

The widow-makers are given lot of land and there are extremely efficient at stripping them down to the ground.
One year it's a mature forest, the next it's a desert.

We are kind of used to see that. But it always hurt when they shave a playground filled with years of great game memories.

Danke42 said:
So what is that, a second growth working forest?

Looks like it was dead prior to the widowmaker.

Stuff like that gets left standing because if it's felled it counts towards the stumpage.
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Widowmaker refers to the tree as in if a man were to cut that tree down the stuff hung up above would probably fall out and kill him making his wife a widow.
It does not refer to the loggers who turned the forest into a desert.

Sad that it wasn't replanted although mother nature does a pretty nice job of putting things back the way they should be although it take a long long time.
 
They don't normally replant immediately after the trees are cut. I usually see the planters out a couple years after the cutting is finished here in British Columbia.
 
Danke42 said:
They don't normally replant immediately after the trees are cut. I usually see the planters out a couple years after the cutting is finished here in British Columbia.
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That's right - I did few tree planting project when a teen.
We were always asking how many years since the scarification before taking a project. Anything more than 5 years was awful because it was making it much more harder to quickly plant.

On a decent patches we could make 100$ a day. Thirty years ago, it was not bad earning for kids.
 
Bawanna said:
Widowmaker refers to the tree as in if a man were to cut that tree down the stuff hung up above would probably fall out and kill him making his wife a widow.
It does not refer to the loggers who turned the forest into a desert.
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Oh - makes sense... :o
 
I still remember in my vertical days how much harder it was to walk through a clear cut than it was to walk thru a forest. We referred to it as logger mess.

Deer and Elk love the clear cuts though, the tender young stuff growing is like a meal on wheels.

I got nothing against loggers though, many of the roads we use to get into the mountains and such wouldn't be there were it not for loggers.

Hard to build a house or read a real book without loggers too.

Earth First, we'll log the rest of the planets later.
 
I agree Bawanna - It's just that sometimes it looks like unreasonable devastation.

As you said, without these guys road and trails we wouldn't have access to these zones anyway.
 
The slash is definitely a drag. 99% of our local trails are in working forest, either logging, mining, or free range cattle and the slash piles are a hassle.

They used to burn that all but I suspect someone found that to be more damaging or otherwise non-green so now it's left to turn back into forest litter.
 
Interesting Pic Snow, I tend to agree with the burned AFTER the clearing idea. Perhaps they used it to keep their skylines as high as possible since it looks like it was probably higher than most around it, then it was damaged before they finished? Though if it was already struck and mostly burned then that would also explain why the loggers left it as it would not have produced any useful wood.

I used to spend summers dodging logging trucks on the mountain roads when I worked at the backcountry permit office on Hurricane Ridge. Used to have to drive up to the center every day first think in the morning. Amazing how fast those guys wheel up and down what is basically twisty 1 and a half lane wide roads with a steep drop off on one side and a rock wall on the other with a full log load. LoL, remember many times coming around a corner and seeing nothing but logging truck grill in my windshield. Still don't know how I survived half those encounters. Dated a whistle-punk for a couple seasons, talk about a love/hate relationship with a profession LOL.

Yeah without Logging Tacoma and Seattle wouldn't have become the major cities they are, they would have been smaller versions of Portland.
 
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