from Logging
"Lodgepole Pine: the wonderful reproductive power of this species on areas over which its stand has been killed by fire is dependent upon the ability of the closed cones to endure a fire which kills the tree without injuring its seed. After fire, the cones open and shed their seeds on the bared ground and a new growth springs up." Stood straight holding the choker high As the Cat swung back the arch piss-firs falling, Limbs snapping on the tin hat bright D caught on Swinging butt-hooks ringing against cold steel. Hsu Fang lived on leeks and pumpkins. Goosefoot, wild herbs, fields lying fallow! But it's hard to farm Between the stumps: The cows get thin, the milk tastes funny, The kids grow up and go to college They don't come back the little fir trees do Rocks the same blue as sky Only icefields, a mile up, are the mountain Hovering over ten thousand acres Of young fir. Gary Snyder