Logging created a checkerboard pattern in northern california...
Logging created a checkerboard pattern in northern california...
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Western Oregon
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It’s annoying me that I know nothing of the story behind this. Perhaps it meets some every-other-tree rule in a way that is easily verifiable with one flyover, or even Google Maps.
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Every other square mile is cleared for logging as some sort of forestry preservation/logging compromise. The spaces logged are clear cut.
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Yeah, the mixed use doctrine is more or less a subsidy on logging to ensure cheap wood, but not letting the government sell the wood it grows.
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That was pretty much my intuition. Thanks.
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Another replyer alluded to this but if every plant can spread its seeds X feet then by cutting like this you increase the total surface area the plants are able to spread to. Increasing the natural regrowth rate.
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Where is the link to this in Google maps?
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Its all over the pacific northwest. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana. Its not a specific spot.
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missing textures
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ERROR
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Transparency turned way down
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let's play chess there