Dear Editor:
Shall we tell future generations that we had to log Robinson Forest in
order to study it?! Surely, we can save this jewel of the Cumberlands
from studies that require logging and inventorying the damage that
logging causes. I have visited and hiked Robinson Forest. I know
personally what a special place it is and its inherent value will only
increase as surrounding areas are degraded by mining and logging. I urge
UK's leadership on this issue, to preserve and protect Robinson Forest
from logging.
I am a US Forest Service volunteer; I respect that "trees are a renewable
resource," but old-growth forests such as the Robinson Forest are
not renewable. I have witnessed the damage that even selective tree
cutting does in a commercial woodlot--compacted or destroyed forest
soils, water runoff, loss of intact habitat, invasion of exotic weeds
that out compete native understory, etc. The results are quite
predictable and do not need to be studied further by raping the Robinson.
Sincerely,
Kate Cunningham
8606 Whipps Bend Rd
Louisville, KY 40222
kate.cunningham@juno.com
