markthurman53 wrote: ↑Oct 21 2020 6:44 pm
on a slightly different note , does anyone know what the orange or blue paint markings are for in the coconino national forest Some trees have one orange stripe some two or three. I assume this is some marking for logging but couldn't get a good answer.
Last time I researched this, I found it seems to relate to tree removal, sometimes for fuel reduction, sometimes for logging. They seem to go in and mark trees suggested to be removed in one color (orange or blue.) Often, they are repeating the effort of marking before the previously marked trees are removed, so they alternate the colors. I guess in some cases if a previously marked tree had all the other trees around it fall down, it might not get marked the 2nd time around. Sometimes the trees get marked both times and have both colors, or the third time around receive the original color again if they are marked all 3 times.
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I saw this being discussed ad nauseum elsewhere. It seems they mark the trees they are not going to cut, according to people who claimed they work in the tree-thinning business.
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