From Dark To Light

The thinning and cleaning up in the forest is showing a dramatic change. Where this area was perpetually twilight with dense, overcrowded and damaged trees, now is a small open space where new trees will be planted this spring along with the thinned existing stand left behind to protect the young seedlings from harsh winds and blistering sun.
The closer area in the picture still needs the limbs and debris to be scarified. A special blade with teeth will be attached to the front of the dozer for this procedure.
As the debris is piled up around trunks of living trees (to allow for decomposition to feed the stand), the open area will be raked with the blade to loosen and mix the soil. The process of cleaning up the area makes it easier to plant trees and breaks down natural materials into the ground keeping vital nutrients available the the new plants.
By leaving all the natural sticks, limbs and rotting residue from the logging operation to do its natural decomposition, there will not be a need to burn any of the debris.