Low Impact Foresrty

Economic Issues

Does It Pay?
Low Impact vs. High Impact

Andrew Clark limbing tree


A growing number of contractors and woodlot owners say yes, low impact forestry pays off. 
It pays off economically in three ways.

1) You can return again and again to cut on the same piece of ground;

2) By maintaining or restoring variety in the woods you increase the
    quality and quantity of wood on the land;

3) Logging equipment is affordable, removing the economic pressure to
    cut harder than you should.

 

Compare a Clearcut to a Selectively Managed Woodlot
Clearcut Managed Woodlot

 

  Selection Harvest versus Clearcut: New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners

  Selection Harvest versus Clearcut: University of New Brunswick

 


Low vs. High Impact  /  A Good Forest Economy  /  Jobs

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