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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

>  "Forest" without foresters
> (and without humans, period)
> is *not* "useless".

A forest sequesters carbon, produces oxygen, causes rainfall to be 
percolated to aquifers, provides habitat for insects, plants and animals. A 
forest without foresters provides no forestry products for humans. This is 
a waste of a valuable renewable resource. A forest held off-limits to 
humans provides no educational, recreational or spiritual opportunity. This 
is a waste.