How Felling Trees Can Help Fortify a New England Forest
Walk a few hundred yards into the woods in Durham, Connecticut, and you’ll see something that looks like it’s out of “Mad Max” — large trucks, with big wheels, and giant robotic arms, grabbing trees and slicing them down.
But this controlled chaos is a calculated timber harvest, with the long-term goal of creating a more resilient forest.
“People generally don’t appreciate the way it looks right now,” said Lindsay Suhr, with the Connecticut Forest and Parks Association. “In a few years it will look very different, so they might have a different appreciation.”