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| | ipedia.com: Logging Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Most conventional logging is either for pulpwood production for the manufacture of paper products or for sawlogs for lumber production. |
 | | In the case of a forest fire, many standing snags are left for wildlife, and the organic matter is left on-site as ash to fertilize the soil or as partly-burnt wood that will quickly decay into the soil, and the ground is generally intact, or left unbroken, to quickly regenerate groundcover. |
 | | In the case of a clearcut, especially for pulpwood or chipwood, all woody matter is removed, depleting the ambient stock of organic matter, and the ground is both severely broken, resulting in serious erosion, or compacted, retarding the recovery of any plant life in those places. |
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