http://paddymullen.com/2008/03/25/axemen-on-the-history-channel/ The flypaper of my mind Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:25:42 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://paddymullen.com/2008/03/25/axemen-on-the-history-channel/#comment-848 David Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:47:06 +0000 http://paddymullen.com/?p=37#comment-848 Axemen is a ridiculous show that glorifies the destruction of the last 10% of America's old growth forest. Before you say "they replant" realize that to attain old growth characteristics, and to support the wildlife present in old growth, it takes at least the time it takes for a tree to sprout, mature, die, fall, and rot away into the ground - a minimum of 500 years, and it has never been done. Axemen is a ridiculous show that glorifies the destruction of the last 10% of America’s old growth forest. Before you say “they replant” realize that to attain old growth characteristics, and to support the wildlife present in old growth, it takes at least the time it takes for a tree to sprout, mature, die, fall, and rot away into the ground – a minimum of 500 years, and it has never been done.

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