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the section of your picture i looked at matches up to the 1999 google earth image. The current 2020 image does show more logging due to mountain pine beetle as you stated. I would be shocked to see what it would look like now if it was not logged. Now you can see lots of dark green young forests. I would suggest you put dates on the pictures so that the public is not confused. i noted a comment that the reader thought the the areas logged were not reforested which is clearly not true.

Why are you using an old google image from 1999 instead of a 2020 image? I think the reason is that the more current image shows the older clearcuts are a much darker green colour which indicates that they have been reforested and are now healthy young forests. They have not been burned. They are sequestering more and more carbon every year. I guess this does not fit the narrative of the story.

Why are you using an old google image from 1999 instead of a 2020 image? I think the reason is that the more current image shows the older clearcuts are a much darker green colour which indicates that they have been reforested and are now healthy young forests. They have not been burned. They are sequestering more and more carbon every year. I guess this does not fit the narrative of the story.