Important issue Thx for highlighting. In Nova Scotia, most salvage logging is of blowdown from hurricanes, but the issues are similar to salvage logging of burnt areas. A concern I have is that salvage logging of old forest blowdown often interrupts ancient Pit and Mound Legacies. We have upcoming issues with death of Eastern Hemlock, our oldest-growing tree species, caused by Hemlock Wooly Adelgid. The justification is concern about fire hazards. In such cases, where the threat is real, controlled burns would much more appropriate ecologically than salvage logging.
