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clearcutting
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clearcutting: see forestry forestry, the management of forest lands for wood , water, wildlife, forage, and recreation. Because the major economic importance of the forest lies in wood and wood products, forestry has been chiefly concerned with timber management, especially reforestation,
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Gus comes to see that his fishing is the same as loggers clear-cutting timber.
By removing the Ten Commandments from courthouses today, and public display tomorrow, the Supreme Court is clear-cutting America's past, leaving a wasteland where once grew a forest of liberty, justice, and law.
Obviously, the current demand for paper cannot be sustained from the world's natural forests, especially with clear-cutting.
 
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