First Name | Patricia |
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Last Name | Sarvis |
Email Address | eyeries@goldrush.com |
Affiliation | Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch |
Subject | Clearcutting as a pollution offset |
Comment | As someone who lives in the Sierra and has been watching the forests be decimated by 20-acre clearcuts and their planation replacements, I strongly oppose the proposed rules which would not only allow but encourage 40-acre clearcuts and the whole clearcut-plantation system of elminating mixed forests. Not only does this create incredible ugliness, but much science shows that clearcutting releases so much carbon that it will take up to a century for the new trees to compensate for the carbon released, let alone sequester more. Additionally, the deforestation/plantation model reduces biodiversity among both plants and animals, thus reducing resiliency, which is the key to surviving environmental and climate change. It makes no sense to try to address one environmental problem by exacerbating others. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-11 11:38:15 |
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