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Why is timber a renewable resource? |
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The "key " word here is renewable. Resources like gold, silver, oil, coal are not renewable, at least on a time scale we could recognize. When you use up a non-renewable resource, it's gone. Timber, which is a common term for trees, are renewable. Another words, if you cut one down, you can plant one in it's place. In "Forestry", we call that rotation. Most Forest lands in the South, are on what we call a 35 yr. rotation. The timber will be selectively harvested up to 35 yrs. of age, then cut and replanted.
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