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japple

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17. Yes, I know what you mean. The old growth forest of Georgia pines down the

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 09:38 PM

Dec 2013

road from me (about 400 acres) have, in the last few months, been ripped out by the roots and hauled off for paper or fake pine logs, or pallets, or whatever they use pine trees for these days. I really feel guilty because I use Feline Pine cat litter. Where can I go now?

Edit to add: There will probably be either chicken houses or a crappy subdivision to replace the old piney woods that were there when my mother was born here in 1917.

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Fuck... fuck fuck fuck...fuck. Walker makes move to harvest last old growth forrest. [View all] Ellipsis Dec 2013 OP

Must silence the trees! shenmue Dec 2013 #1

He is without a soul. A horrible excuse for a human. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2013 #2

Some days I seriously wonder if the GOP has a suicide pact to bring down the planet. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #26

I agree. defacto7 Dec 2013 #27

What the hell... RC Dec 2013 #3

Old-growth timber 'Underused'? postulater Dec 2013 #4

Harvesting old growth in a "sustainable way". What bullcrap. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #5

There's nothing these asshats won't exploit for profit or power. Scuba Dec 2013 #6

These guys love to turn everything nature into a capitalized commodity. They never met a strip mine Ed Suspicious Dec 2013 #7

Your comments brought this to mind. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #14

It's not even about jobs, I think, it's about more money to his resource raping, capitalist pig-dog Ed Suspicious Dec 2013 #8

Even when Wanker's body turns to ashes the Earth will vomit them up!! hue Dec 2013 #9

Love the Chequamegon! Aldo Leopold Dec 2013 #10

Isn't that part of the North Woods? Calling all tree huggers! Yep, those trees are "just waiting" ancianita Dec 2013 #11

Underutilized? Are you fucking high? Half-Century Man Dec 2013 #12

I wish Gandhi would kick his ass. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #38

I have seen the results of "responsible harvest plans". Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #13

Yes, I know what you mean. The old growth forest of Georgia pines down the japple Dec 2013 #17

That's awful. cheapdate Dec 2013 #20

For litter, I would expect that they use scrap pine Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #22

"responsible harvest plan" defacto7 Dec 2013 #28

They leave a buffer zone by the highway so the blind tourists can pretend it's not clearcut nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #33

Yes, better known as the "corridor". defacto7 Dec 2013 #34

When the looters of the Wisconsin pine forests ran out of timber Ace Acme Dec 2013 #39

The Koch Brothers own Georgia-Pacific......... Capt.Rocky300 Dec 2013 #15

bingo! madrchsod Dec 2013 #16

They have an office there right? A headquarters? Sad that these glinda Dec 2013 #18

Yep, and build millions more chicken houses with them. Kochroaches have bought up japple Dec 2013 #32

Petition anywhere??????? glinda Dec 2013 #19

He wants to "harvest" what neither he, nor any of his greatest grandest ancestors ever planted. Ace Acme Dec 2013 #21

Over mature trees get hollowed out postulater Dec 2013 #23

Old standing dead trees might be most valuable of all to wildlife. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #37

Considering that fucker was born in Colorado... lutefisk Dec 2013 #24

The GOP will pave over the entire planet if they could. And far too many DEMS would just stand aroun blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #25

I'm convinced defacto7 Dec 2013 #29

It's what I have come to expect from this POS. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #30

The trees may be regrowable but not renewable. defacto7 Dec 2013 #35

Yeah! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #36

Isn't there anything we can do?? a kennedy Dec 2013 #31

I'vebeen off the grid since I posted this.....WOW, what a response. Ellipsis Dec 2013 #40

fortunately, Walker has no input in USFS management plans Viking12 Dec 2013 #41