Here are some situations that Greenbelt can help you avoid:
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Cleared for a view, but now all you see is a wall of brush.	A poorly executed "selection" or "partial" cut.
All the healthy trees are gone. Now for sale as "treed" acreage.	Inherently unstable buffer adjacent to a clear-cut. Note blown down trees.

Here are results achieved by more enlightened property owners:

"Snags" that are not near structures are left to provide wildlife habitat.	An ideal, low-maintenance rural lane.

Written by Elliott Menashe of Greenbelt Consulting, an environmental education, assessment, and management service in the Pacific Northwest.

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