Watching these guys work will make you feel better than just about anything. "Guys" also means machines. On You Tube you can watch "timber harvesters." They are quite impressive.
It had quite an effect on me to see them making progress close to the road. It is too expensive and too steep to thin much of the forest. But it certainly helps to thin close to the road. The road then becomes a barrier to fires. And it makes the forest look more attractive.
Most of the logs are moderately small in diameter. I wanted to ask somebody what they will be used for, but nobody was walking around.
It is hard to keep yourself from getting discouraged in thick, impenetrable forests. You have to settle for open views at an occasional meadow or bald ridgeline. Well, that is the name of the game for a couple months in the heat of summer.
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Think Kimberly-Clark.
I think they used the skinny trees for paper products.