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Cow Man · 03-27-2007, 06:45 PM

This thread isn’t as active as I would have thought. My feeling is that tree pruning and or thinning that does not affect the shoreline on property you own and pay taxes on should be perfectly OK. In fact, nature has a way of dealing with wilderness pruning or thinning called forest fires.
Here on the lake and particularly on these huge hunks of granite ledge we call islands there is another problem for property owners, wind. Nature has blown over more (and bigger) trees than I have ever cut because of the shallow root system.
However, cutting down a perfectly good tree makes no sense and clear cutting to the lake, putting in lawns, etc., makes the view from the lake obscene – who wants to come to the lake and mow a lawn anyway?

03-27-2007, 06:45 PM	#15
Cow Man Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cow Island / Holderness, NH Posts: 46 Thanks: 4 Thanked 19 Times in 8 Posts	Log on This thread isn’t as active as I would have thought. My feeling is that tree pruning and or thinning that does not affect the shoreline on property you own and pay taxes on should be perfectly OK. In fact, nature has a way of dealing with wilderness pruning or thinning called forest fires. Here on the lake and particularly on these huge hunks of granite ledge we call islands there is another problem for property owners, wind. Nature has blown over more (and bigger) trees than I have ever cut because of the shallow root system. However, cutting down a perfectly good tree makes no sense and clear cutting to the lake, putting in lawns, etc., makes the view from the lake obscene – who wants to come to the lake and mow a lawn anyway?