Moose are attracted to the vigorously growing hardwood underbrush that follows natural blowdowns and logging operations, including clear-cuts. People who favor massive clear-cutting often claim that moose thrive in clear-cuts. But what they usually don't mention is that in some clear-cuts they get rid of the moose browse that would normally grow there. They use helicopters to spray herbicides that kill the regenerating young hardwood trees to culture unpalatable and sterile pine and spruce plantations." - Meaning and context.">
(2009), The Trees in My Forest, (pbk ed.) page: 7, publisher: Harper Collins, ISBN: 9780061844300 (256 pages; 1st edition 1997)
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Moose are attracted to the vigorously growing hardwood underbrush that follows natural blowdowns and logging operations, including clear-cuts. People who favor massive clear-cutting often claim that moose thrive in clear-cuts. But what they usually don't mention is that in some clear-cuts they get rid of the moose browse that would normally grow there. They use helicopters to spray herbicides that kill the regenerating young hardwood trees to culture unpalatable and sterile pine and spruce plantations.

— Bernd Heinrich

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Moose are attracted to the vigorously growing hardwood underbrush that follows natural blowdowns and logging operations, including clear-cuts. People who favor massive clear-cutting often claim that moose thrive in clear-cuts. But what they usually don't mention is that in some clear-cuts they get rid of the moose browse that would normally grow there. They use helicopters to spray herbicides that kill the regenerating young hardwood trees to culture unpalatable and sterile pine and spruce plantations." in the context of "(2009), The Trees in My Forest, (pbk ed.) page: 7, publisher: Harper Collins, ISBN: 9780061844300 (256 pages; 1st edition 1997)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bernd Heinrich

About Bernd Heinrich

Bernd Heinrich, Ph.D (born 19 April 1940) is a professor in the zoology department at the University of Vermont. He has authored books about nature writing, zoology, ecology, and evolution. His father was the ichneumon expert Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984).