The booming development in Randolph also produces more clear- cuts, McDowell Lumber forester Steven Henderson said. I was just at a site in Randleman where they want to put in an apartment complex. A lot of clear-cutting comes from development, but you don't hear about that. Gordon Smith, Sierra Club sustainable forestry chairman, agrees that development seems to be as much a cause of clear-cutting as chip mills. If the roads are properly placed, stream management done correctly.
Urban sprawl is a real threat.
The chip mill study didn't collect data on acreage lost to urban sprawl, Cubbage said. If there is any common ground to be found between the timber industry and environmentalists, it's over the importance of preserving forests. Loggers want forests around to make money, environmentalists to preserve an ecologically diverse landscape. We want there to be woods around 50 years from now. We're not just a bunch of heathens running around the woods.