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I was born a male and identify as a male, but according to the box for the pesto chicken dinner I cooked earlier I also identify as a family of four.
 
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SoilVol said:
Wildlife like bear, deer, turkey, grouse, etc need a variety of habitat types, transition zones, and early successional habitat. Much of the Smokies is contiguous old growth that doesn't provide that. That's why the wildlife is concentrated around places like Cades Cove, the trails, and the edge of the park. I don't have the link currently but they did some tracking collar studies on bears at one point and the same bears getting into trash in North Carolina were getting into trash in Gatlinburg and they traveled along road corridors and hiking trails. Never passing through the center of the forest. Other surveys have observed similar things. Additionally think of elk. Elk are actually grazers and thats why the do so well at Big South Fork where they have a lot more meadows and pasture.

Clear cutting isn't necessarily the answer, but its actually helpful in some instances and simulates natural setbacks like fire, tornadoes, etc that may take out a section of forest. What comes up is highly nutritious browse, soft mass food like berries, cover for bedding or egg laying, etc. A mosaic of habitat types is the most wildlife friendly option for forests. You need patches of old growth for some species. Patches of mid-tier forest. Patches of open ground. Etc. It looks like a total mess to humans, but its best for wildlife. The fire that hit the Smokies in 2016 was actually great for the park from a biologic point of view. We even have pine species up there that require fire for their cones to open.

Ruffed Grouse Society has been advocating logging operations where they take out 5-10 acre patches in the mountains and leave the debris. It provides a ton of habitat for everything from small game to bear and deer.

Tennessee used to be a mosaic. It had old growth with open understories, oak savannahs, prairie grasslands, oak-hickory forest, cedar glades, etc etc.
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Understandable. What I get from that is that all was good till the white man showed up.
 
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