Louisiana loved the illusion of unending abundance in our forests. Sweet memories of life down de bayou. But painful in the inevitable abuse of the ancient forest.
This type of operation (clear cutting old growth cypress) is not ongoing in Louisiana, maybe elsewhere in the world. Some people are harvesting old sinker cypress logs that were cut in the 1920 and sporadically up to 1960, but these forest are protected.
Louisiana loved the illusion of unending abundance in our forests.
Sweet memories of life down de bayou. But painful in the inevitable abuse of the ancient forest.
Interesting video
Sad still going on
This type of operation (clear cutting old growth cypress) is not ongoing in Louisiana, maybe elsewhere in the world. Some people are harvesting old sinker cypress logs that were cut in the 1920 and sporadically up to 1960, but these forest are protected.