We get a lot of rain each year. It’s what I call a “high energy” environment!
When logging is done on a steep slope,the heavy rains can wash away the soil. This in turn makes the sediments unstable & creates these landslides.
Yes landslides do occur naturally,but we can at least minimize our impact upon the environment by leaving these steep slopes alone.
Remember that all that sediment gets washed into the streams where the salmon spawn. If that sediment covers the eggs,the eggs cannot get the oxygen needed to grow & thus will die. This reduces the number of returning salmon. Making the all the animals that depend upon the returning salmon less able to survive. When eagles,bears etc do not have enough food,the females naturally hold off on having any offspring. Reducing the wildlife for years to come.
So you see,we as humans can disturb a area & not see the true affects for years to come.
It’s one big domino affect basically.
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