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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Something like a white pine can grow 50cm a year. Timbre companies replant with plans to harvest in 40 or so years, from what I recall. Done properly, it can be a sustainable industry on long scale harvest cycles.
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Harvest for pulp or chip products, small dimensional lumber or plywood, maybe.
But don't kid yourself. You can't regrow big timber, and that is what old-growth logging is all about.