Pros And Cons Of Salvage Logging

The author states that salvage logging is beneficial both to damaged forest and to the economy and provides three reasons. In contrast, the professor states that this can result with environmental damage and it 's economical benefit is also questionable and she opposes each of the author 's reasons. First, the article claims that salvage logging removes the remains of dead trees and make room for fresh growth immediately. However, the professor refutes this point by saying that cleaning up does not necessarly create good growth condition for trees. She explained that after the decomposition of dead trees, trees will add nutrient to the soil that beneficial for new growing trees and by rapid removing, it would cause lacking the soil from the nutrient for the new trees.

Second, the author avers that decaying trees is suitable for harmful insects such as spruce bark beetle. The professor states that it 's true that spruce insects are living in these trees. In the other hand, she stated that decaying trees are not good habitat just for insects, but also for other animals and birds, so removing those trees will cause harm consequences more that what the insects