Google Earth View of Forum Nature Area.
Bald cypress-Tupelo Swamp--Johnson Co, Ill
9 m buffer retained along headwater stream; Macon Co, NC
Trees ready for removal from clear cut site
Puller used to drag trees up to the top of the ridge
Other logging equipment at clear cut.
Looking down over clear cut (Note: some trees are left behind for regrowth)
Trees ready for removal (You can see the the roads cut out of the mountain to access the trees in the background)
Clear cut wasteland
Not so "low-impact" logging; Macon Co, NC
The view that I woke up to in Tennessee
While at the park, I took a drive / hike up to Clingman's Dome, the highest point in the Smokies.
The forests at the the high elevation mountain tops are spruce-fir forest. Everything is a lush green in the understory and it smells like Christmas trees.
Unfortunately these forests are suffering due to an invasive insect: the adelgid. You can see how many trees have already been killed.
Constructed wildlife ponds at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
