Difference between revisions of "Forest management"
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Forest Management...this must mean stop cutting down trees and start planting them. WRONG! There is so much more to forest management than simply that, and as a matter of fact, that is the wrong approach to take. | Forest Management...this must mean stop cutting down trees and start planting them. WRONG! There is so much more to forest management than simply that, and as a matter of fact, that is the wrong approach to take. | ||
| − | Here a fun fact on forestry that I can guarantee that you did NOT know before reading it here: | + | Here's a fun fact on forestry that I can guarantee that you did NOT know before reading it here: |
''About one-sixth of the wood delivered to a construction site is never used. Instead, it's hauled to the landfill as wood waste scraps.'' <ref>"Forest Facts." Issues: Wildlands. 27 Aug 2004. National Resources Defense Council. 21 Oct 2008 <http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/fforestf.asp></ref> | ''About one-sixth of the wood delivered to a construction site is never used. Instead, it's hauled to the landfill as wood waste scraps.'' <ref>"Forest Facts." Issues: Wildlands. 27 Aug 2004. National Resources Defense Council. 21 Oct 2008 <http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/fforestf.asp></ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:25, 21 October 2008
Forest Management...this must mean stop cutting down trees and start planting them. WRONG! There is so much more to forest management than simply that, and as a matter of fact, that is the wrong approach to take. Here's a fun fact on forestry that I can guarantee that you did NOT know before reading it here:
About one-sixth of the wood delivered to a construction site is never used. Instead, it's hauled to the landfill as wood waste scraps. [1]
Notes
- ↑ "Forest Facts." Issues: Wildlands. 27 Aug 2004. National Resources Defense Council. 21 Oct 2008 <http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/fforestf.asp>
