I’ve always wondered how resilient streams are to erosion caused by industrial logging operations. Consider the capacity of mature old growth forest ecosystem to hold in precipitation and release it slowly. Contrast that with a mono culture of 30 year old trees next to large sections of barren earth. Water, sediment and junk just flashes into our favorite rivers after clear cuts. The barrier left along fish bearing streams is a joke. Is 3 trees and some slash really enough to prevent severe sedimentation?

Just look next time you see logging on your favorite stream or river, it’s obvious it’s to little protection.

Just saying.

We all need lumber, but common, we’re this desperate?