[Terrapreta] "Coppiced" agricultrual woodland management

[lou gold]

Thanks Sean. I'm sorry if I sounded a bit fierce. I really appreciate your
response.

hugs,   lou

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Sean K. Barry <sean.barry at juno.com> wrote:

>  Hi Lou,
>
> I expect you are right on this.  Coppicing is an agricultural practice and
> it does not respect the biodiversity nor the natural processes occurring in
> natural forest lands.  I'm sorry if my Subject: line made this confusion.  I
> sure hope I did not piss off Larry Williams and/or David Yarrow with this
> E-MAIL gaff either.
>
> Regards,
>
> SKB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com>
> *To:* Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>
> *Cc:* Terra Preta <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 19, 2008 6:54 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Terrapreta] Forestland management
>
> WOW. I just gotta say you guys are miles and miles from understanding a
> forest. You can't apply the notion of a 30 year rotation to a forest. It's a
> tree farm which is not a bad thing but it is not a forest -- not even close.
> You are talking about farming and not about forest management.
>
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Greg and April <
> gregandapril at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >  YES!
> >
> > Absolutely positively no doubt at all.
> >
> > To a degree it's already been done with the practice of coppice in the
> > United Kingdom, only there it is more like a field of crops ( and some of
> > the trees are more than 200 yrs old ).    When you down to it, an entire
> > ecological base has established under the coppice system, with plants that
> > require more light moving in right after the trees have been coppiced.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppice
> >
> > I'm not saying that we should treat all our forests to coppice
> > management - just that there is some evidence already that the a similar
> > management system ( of cutting down and letting regrowth take it's place )
> > can work.    Indeed some areas it may work to put in permanent short term
> > coppice with fast growing native species like aspen, cottonwood, and
> > popular.
> >
> > While I do not have land YET, I promise you this, when I do, it's a
> > system of coppice that I'm going to use, to develop it, and provide fuel for
> > my farm ( and Terra Preta to improve it's soil ) becoming as self sustaining
> > as possable!
> >
> > I really can not stress my belief in this any stronger.
> >
> > Greg H.
> >
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Sean K. Barry <sean.barry at juno.com>
> > *To:* Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>
> > *Cc:* terrapreta <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> >  *Sent:* Saturday, April 19, 2008 16:58
> > *Subject:* Re: [Terrapreta] Forestland management
> >
> >  Hi Greg,
> >
> > Do you think you could "cull" biomass from a forestland at the same rate
> > that it grew and manage that in sustainable way?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > SKB
> >
> >
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