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Damn, that's interesting!

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Logging created a checkerboard pattern in northern california... (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] sudo 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Every other square mile is cleared for logging as some sort of forestry preservation/logging compromise. The spaces logged are clear cut.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That was pretty much my intuition. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

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.