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If you think this is bad, check out some of the old versions of the Boy Scout Handbook. As recently as the 70's, Boy Scouts would go into a wooded area and chop down all the saplings for use in camp projects.



I'm a product of Scouting in those days. Still have my 1965 handbook and yes, we did cut lots of saplings. But I learned from that. And grew in my thinking.
Now, when I cut and maintain trails in my park, I use a 3' wide Troy Bilt sickle bar mower! That sucker will take down 3 saplings at once, while I eat a sandwich! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It's funny reading that old handbook how thinking has changed. "Blazing" a trail now has more to do with eco friendly flagging tape than cutting anything down.
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