• Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      That’s been a long running line of propaganda from the lumber industry. “old growth forests are messy and us lumber companies will clean them up!”

      • Recreational Placebos@midwest.social
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        Which is funny because if you’ve ever been to an area that’s recently been logged (or “thinned” as they like to spin it), the ground is completely covered by a thick layer of all the branches they’ve trimmed off. Nope, no fire hazard there…