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Sometimes the new forest, as in this ponderosa pine stand, is well established 
before the old forest is removed. 
The first few years after logging provide favored habitat for wildlife. 
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to the recreationist and the traveling public. These breaks also 
provide a place for broad-leaved low vegetation, colorful in both 
spring and fall. 
3. Advantage should be taken of the opportunity to start new tree 
growth under the old, or under a nurse crop where this is possible. 
’ For example, in the Sitka spruce-western hemlock forest of the 
attractive North Pacific coast, it is biologically and economically 
possible through careful shelterwood cuttings to establish the new 
growth under the old. This prevents an influx of alder brush and 
avoids a period of delay until the conifers can grow up through the 
brush. Foresters are finding more and more situations where the 
new crop can be established before the old one is removed to give 
a prompt cover of the exposed area and to maintain the forest 
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