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I agree completely, but the trees will rise again once humans no longer infest this earth.

And it hurts so bad, SO BAD

It is very sad. But there is sometimes when trees need to be cut down because it’s diseased, this one HOWEVER doesn’t look like the case at all. It is truly sad for that tree - which was probably over 500 years old.

This is suicidal

also true: this man is sad

Yeah, unless the tree was sick

This is not necessary. Poplar is a weed tree that grows very fast from the roots left behind after cutting the tree down. Every 12 to 15 years that same tree can be harvested. Cutting trees like above that take hundreds of years to regrow, if ever, is not necessary. And not everyone lives in clear cut. I happen to have spent most of my life in areas that naturally don't have trees. But you're right that we are creating the demand, however it's a demand for wood, not old growth specifically. Poplar is a great alternative that is simple to plant and an 8 inch clipping from a poplar tree shoved 6 inches into the ground is ready to harvest multiple times in your lifetime. We will be long gone before this tree is equally replaced. Poplar is also great for the environment since it purified water and 2.5 acres taps 11 tons of CO2 each year. Too many animals and plants require old growth to live. Cutting this is irresponsible. Bamboo is another alternative that can be used for lumber after a little processing. Bamboo grows even faster. My floors and a lot of my furniture, as well as some of my clothing and paper products are 100% bamboo. We are so incredibly short sighted that I'm left with little hope for mankind's future.

The POINT, is the need to do things DIFFERENTLY. "Clear cutting" is, in mankind's timeline, a NEW thing. Brought on through GREED. THAT is what is being protested.

Capitalism.

Me too. That was a beautiful 100-300 year old tree.

Yeah, but there are animals that rely on dead trees for there very life. They need to be left in place. People need to allow at least some places to progress completely human-interference-free. Unless that tree was a threat to human life, it should be left alone. There are plenty of alternatives for mankind to still be cutting down giant trees that will take hundreds of years to return, if they ever do. Forests don't need people to manage them. The survived for eons without us. We need to demand that industries use alternatives. A better term than "manage" is "meddle". It strikes me as arrogant when I talk to people about owning 150 acres of desert and they ask how I take care of all that land. I take care of it by staying out of its way. It was desert long before I got here, and if I stay out its way it will be here long after I'm gone. BOOM!--managed!

Sure, as critical as the oil industry, or the weapons industry. Naïve.

I noticed that as well. Even if it was, unless it was threatening humans, it should have left alone.

It's not an issue when you consider that this is most likely not the last one they cut. Cutting these is common practice so present tense works fine. They are cutting these trees down. Past tense only applies if this was the last one they cut. OP says, "...these trees..." This implies a practice of cutting trees rather than an act of having cut this one.

No wood in your home at all? I agree, I hate it but don't believe for one minute many homes didn't involve the loss of trees in some form.

They are a renewable resource