TOTAL FOREST FERTILITY & BALANCE

Positive Negative

* Porous soil=good drainage Hard compacted soil base

*Fresh air & water flow thru Erosion of top soil

* Loose & rich loamy soil Dry dusty, rocky soil

* Free organic matter mulch Road building & ruts

* Supply of local compost Chemicals put on plants

*NFTys Nitrogen fixing trees No NFTrees plant to grow

*Undisturbed soil base Damaged soil & mud, etc

*No chemokills on lands Tree sprayed w/ poison

* Solid grassy ground cove Barren soil, no cover

* Freely growing mushrooms No mushrooms & fungus

* Multistory/level growing up Clear-cuts of all species

* Selective thinning of trees Mono crop planting trees

* Rock dust fertilizer Nitrogen chemo fertilizer

* Free grazing animal manure Overgrazing animal stock

* Plenty of worms in soil Toxic waste in watershed

*Mostly handtools @ work Big machines & pollution

* Conservative tree pruning Excess pruning + topping

* Few fires, dead wood left Slash & burn clearing

* Organic growing patterns Row cropping for big $$$

* Wide variety of wild animals Lots of hunting & fences

*Trees holding soil stable Avalanches from erosion