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Harvesting Lumber Within an Ecologically Sensitive Forest VideoOn the next stop on tour of the Hancock Land Company, Bob and Patrick Moore are joined by Peter McKinley, Hancock's staff ecologist. McKinley's job is to look for ecologically sensitive areas such as vernal pools. Vernal pools are temporary water holes that are vital to certain species of frogs and other wildlife. The frogs are safe to breed here because the pools dry up after a few months preventing fish and other predators from establishing. However, in order for these pools to thrive, they depend on a certain amount of shade cover from trees, which influences trees selected for harvesting. By using such machines as a feller-buncher and a skidder, Hancock is able to reach in among the growth and select only the trees they want. Next, Matt Hancock, president of Hancock Land Company, joins Bob and Moore. Hancock takes them to a recently harvested site and explains how much has changed in just one year. This site will not be harvested again for another 20 years, allowing the forest to regenerate itself naturally.
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