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"Now, perhaps too late, research has shown that clear-cuts tend to break an important ecological chain. They destroy the habitat of small mammals that shelter in the forest undergrowth. these creatures eat and distribute mycorrhizal fungi, which grow among the rootlets of saplings and help the trees absorb water and nutrients."
- John Skow, Time Magazine, 8-29-88
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