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Logging created a checkerboard pattern in northern california... (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by GuyDudeman@lemmy.world to c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml
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[–] sudo@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Every other square mile is cleared for logging as some sort of forestry preservation/logging compromise. The spaces logged are clear cut.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

That was pretty much my intuition. Thanks.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, the mixed use doctrine is more or less a subsidy on logging to ensure cheap wood, but not letting the government sell the wood it grows.