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PICTURED - What causes this sort of clearing?

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I have been to several locations where I have seen clearing similar to the one I am in currently? This was a clear cut logging area. There are what look like small trees that we cut down, though this was identified in the answer below as the branches removed from the trunks, and left behind.

Location: Southern Pennsylvania - Fort Loudon.

Photos are from August 16th, 2016

These are my personal photos and require no licensing. Feel free to use and share.

Clearing - view 1

Clearing - view 2

Trimmed branches - trunk had been removed in clear cutting process

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That is cause by clearcut timber harvesting. Timber harvesters will remove branches from trees that they fell and leave them on site. They will also sometimes leave specimen trees to help repopulate the area - or leave undesirable individual trees or species. The standing trees might also be the result of a weak implementation of a clearcut with reserve.

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