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Jon Margolis` Jan. 5 article, ”Forest debate: Land vs. jobs,” was very good and told us of the real problem-control.
However, one detail was missing-the insistence of the loggers that they must ”clear-cut”-the removal of every bush and tree leaving bare ground. Selective cutting is not economical, they say.
Clear-cutting is what angers the public and rightly so. It leaves the hills and mountainsides open to the ravages of erosion as well as destroying important watersheds.
