Clear-cutting represents 72 per cent of logging along coasts in British Columbia and over 80 percent of small salmon bearing streams are logged right to their banks. Clear-cuts should be controlled because trees that are cut down cannot be replaced easily. Also, because a lot of the trees that can be used are burned or left to rot and because a tree that lives a lifetime contains a lifetime supply of oxygen, clear-cuts should be controlled and watched carefully.
Clear-cuts should be controlled because trees that are cut down cannot be replaced easily. A lot of clear-cuts are not being replaced at all. Instead, the land is being used for farmland or pasture. Clear-cutting a whole forest is the hardest to replace because there are many trees of different ages. If a tree lives for 50 years, it will take 50 years to fully replace that single tree. Therefore, trees should not be wasted, as there can never be the same group of trees.
Another reason clear-cuts must be controlled is because a lot of the trees that can be used are burned or left to rot. Sections of land containing hundreds of trees are pushed over, piled, and burned. A tree should not be pushed over because it is just in someone's way; use needs to be made of that tree. It is pointless if one goes through the hard labor of taking a tree down and no use is made out of the tree, especially, when a tree can be life saving.
The most significant reason clear-cuts must be controlled is because a tree that lives a lifetime contains a lifetime supply of oxygen. Two mature trees provide enough oxygen for a family of four. Also, humans are not the only living creatures that need trees to live. Birds and animals use trees for their homes and shelter and as a source of food. Why would someone clear-cut if one knows that one could potentially be killing their families?
Over all, Clear-cuts should be controlled because trees that are cut down cannot be replaced easily. Also, because a lot of the trees that can be used are burned or left to rot and because a tree that lives a lifetime contains a lifetime supply of oxygen, clear-cuts should be controlled and watched carefully. In 50 years one tree recycles more than $37,000 worth of water, provides $31,000 worth of erosion control, $62,000 worth of air pollution control, and produces $37,000 worth of oxygen.
Wonderful article, Hooper287 and I agree with everything you said. My husband has a trucker friend who joins the team each winter to cut and haul logs out of Alberta. I disagree with what they do and how they do it. They go into the forest and by the end of winter the land is stripped bare. They get paid big money to kill off our precious resources.