Record #:

3601

Author(s):

Manual, John

Abstract:

Modular chip mills that can be located anywhere have increased wood chip production. On average, the state's 17 mills clear-cut 127,000 acres yearly. There are questions as to how this will affect soil and water quality and wildlife.

Source:

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Winter 1998, p2-4, il

Subject(s):

Clearcutting; Wood chips industry

Record #:

11961

Author(s):

Hart, David

Abstract:

Clear-cutting is a technique that allows trees to be cut then ground into wood chips on the spot. Over the past several decades this practice has gotten a bad reputation. Hart discusses benefits that come from forests that are managed by cutting timber.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 74 Issue 2, Feb 2010, p26-31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Forest management; Clearcutting