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| Agree | 50% | 431 votes | Total: 855 votes | |
| Disagree | 50% | 424 votes |
Agree
Created on: November 08, 2007
The thinning of forests is a natural process as much as it is an anthropogenic one. It has been carried
by Rex Trulove
Created on: October 25, 2007 Last Updated: June 04, 2011
To keep forests healthy and people safe, forests need to be thinned. The reasons are multiple, and the
Created on: November 09, 2009 Last Updated: November 10, 2009
This a two part question. One, is the thinning of forests essential to keeping them healthy? The other,
by Lee Hall
Created on: July 02, 2008 Last Updated: November 22, 2010
Let me begin by saying that my intended field of study at the University was Forestry Management. But
Created on: July 02, 2008 Last Updated: August 26, 2008
Forest Thinning Is Essential For Healthy Forests
I'm writing on the agree side of this debate for a
by Bill Whitney
Created on: January 01, 2008
All the tree huggers and environmentalists that are opposed to thinning our forests and keeping them
Created on: October 31, 2007
Thinning is the process of removing dead and unhealthy timber as well as thinning young growth below
Created on: July 02, 2008
Forest thinning should be mandated for keeping our forest healthy. I grew up in a home located on the
by Kim Sharpe
Created on: March 12, 2008
Only through the thinning of the old snags, sickly tree's, undergrowth, and tree's which have fallen
by V R Rutledge
Created on: July 03, 2008
The paradox here is that we are dealing with a two part question. Keeping people safe and keeping forests
Disagree
by Mei Pomeroy
Created on: June 25, 2009
Imagine yourself in a green forest. Hear the brightly colored birds singing above you; see
by MaryO
Created on: July 02, 2008
Forest thinning is a very deceptive practice which is primarily based on economics. It has nothing to
by Zach Bigalke
Created on: March 11, 2008
Forest have managed for millennia to regulate their own growth, free from the intervention of humans.
by Kyle Turner
Created on: December 09, 2008
The thinning of forested ecosystems by anthropogenic means for both ecosystem "health" and public safety
Created on: March 22, 2008
Deliberate thinning of forests is not necessary for forest health. Forests have their own mechanisms
Created on: July 27, 2008
Thinning of old growth forests is not a necessary process for forest health and human safety. In fact,
Created on: November 06, 2007
Is forest thinning is essential for keeping forests healthy and people safe? If forest thinning were
Created on: March 11, 2008
If thinning were necessary to the health of a forest, nature would have taken care of it eons ago and
Created on: November 05, 2008
Thinning always linked to timber plantation management. The aim of thinning is to open growth space
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