Actual Environmental Conservation in Pennsylvania

Hard to believe that people are paying attention to anything other than global boiling. From the Bay Journal - 'Chop and drop' tree felling aims to improve stream ecosystems in Pennsylvania | Wildlife & Habitat

To the unknowing angler or backwoods explorer, stumbling onto the scene can be jarring: mature hardwood trees growing along the banks of high-quality streams, chain-sawed at their base and intentionally dropped across the water. Exposed root balls winch into the streambank. During high water, the obstructions shunt water out of the stream and onto the forest floor.

Is it eco-vandalism? No. It’s a carefully orchestrated and increasingly popular stream improvement technique embraced by public land managers and conservation groups in Pennsylvania.

In our constant efforts to clean stuff up, we do a lot of damage.

Hat tip goes to both A View from the Beach: Kill a Tree, Save a Stream?,

This almost makes too much sense to be carried out by a government agency,

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