I can only address some of Dave Werner’s assertions (CVN 3/30/17) in the space allowed.
As Dave says, evergreens shade out competitors. Studies by ADF&G biologists three decades ago (Deer and Logging: A Clearcut Dilemma) showed that after clearcutting comes an initial burst of deciduous shrubs, beneficial to wildlife. But then the second-growth canopy closes out light, creating a biological desert. That’s why no one goes hunting in 40, 60, or 100-year-old second-growth! In Southeast…