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Recently, loggers have been logging more softwood than the A.A.C. allows.
Logging in Northern Ontario.
It takes about 20 years for a good quality tree to grow
How has it affected our forests?
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Loggers are cutting down the big old
trees, and they are giving less time needed
to grow for the younger maturing trees.
Therefore they are lowering the qualities
of wood.
Government and forest industry workers are trying to replant land in which grounds have been logged.
Despite government attempts, each year an area
the size of P.E.I. (570,000KM) fails to re-establish itself.
Loggers
The A.A.C. stands for the Annual Allowable Cut,
which is a set amount of trees that is permitted to be cut down in one year to keep forest at the same level.
Loggers are beginning to cut down trees in mass amounts. They are taking down so many trees they cannot manage it anymore.
Ontario's forests cover a land space equivalent in size to Germany, Italy and the Netherlands combined.
64% of Canada's forests are
softwood species.
Softwood species include:
Pine
Spruce
Fir
Hemlock
Cedar