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Article: Wisconsin Residents Learn Forestry Management Means Profits.(Originated from The Wisconsin State Journal)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 16, 1996
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SPRING GREEN, Wisc.--Mar. 16--Deep in the woods that sprawl across hundreds of acres here, broken, twisted and weather-damaged trees stunt the growth of healthier, younger ones.
The younger trees, aspen, elm, and oak, which may grow to a towering 80 feet, often have their lives shortened by the sharp axes and chainsaws of anxious, profit-seeking loggers.
But it is the younger, healthy trees, says Jim Birkemeier, a forestry consultant for Timbergreen Foresters in Spring Green, that can yield impressive profits if they are allowed to grow to the adult stage. He is urging private landowners to use a process called "crop tree management," which involves cutting ...