Myths vs. Facts

[Ron Wenrich]

I've heard that half of all the people ever alive on this planet are still alive.  All natural populations will build in intensity until they collapse due to overconsumption.  The populace weakens, disease sets in, and then collapses.  

[Bud Man]

Ron --You just bumped the ante up to 50%.    And with a lot of idle folks playing in labs with all kinds of tiny- tiny bugs, your askeering me.   I'm gonna run get some life insurance !!

[Ron Scott]

Myth

When people use wood, they cause the loss of forests.

Fact

There is about the same amount of forest cover today as there was 100 years ago, even though we consume more wood per capita than any other region in the world.

Forests are renewable and sustainable.

[L. Wakefield]

Myth

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Forests are renewable and sustainable.

   Amen to that!   lw

[Paul_H]

I agree with Ron that forests are sustainable,when managed as working forests.I have had the privilege to work where my dad's dad, felled trees in the 1930s& 40s.It is now beautiful second growth.And our district, is now putting up commercial thinning sales,in blocks that my dad logged in the 1950s.

But, vast areas are now,houses,golf courses, and a large ski resort town.Thousands of acres, are now managed for non forest use.Not by Foresters,but, by developers.

Fact:Forests are renewable,and sustainable.