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Modern foresters have to gather a great deal of information to decide on the best methods for harvesting forest products in a given situation. For the scenarios listed below, decide whether you think that the area should be forested using selective cutting, seed tree cutting, or clear cutting. Give a justification for your decision. Submit your answers to your teacher using a google or word document.

1. The invasive melaleuca plant has taken over a Florida wetland, absorbing a great deal of surface water that is needed for the growth of the indigenous and ecologically important cypress trees. While there are still some healthy cypress trees, they are beginning to die off as a result of being out-competed by the melaleuca.

2. A mountain slope in coastal Washington contains large, mature, and economically valuable Douglas firs interspersed with other less valuable species that are all shade-tolerant.

3. A pine beetle infestation in Montana has devastated a stand of pines near a residential neighborhood. The trees are now nearly all diseased, dying, and dried out, and the beetle continues to spread. A local drought has also greatly increased the fire risk associated with these dying trees.