English: Clear cut at the top of the Stang Forest. The top of the Stang Forest had reached what the timber industry considers maturity (although Sitka spruce in its native NW USA probably lives ten times as long as these plantation trees). The area was clear cut very early spring 2009 1197951. Under the trees here before cutting, very little grew in the dense spruce needle litter, but the summer has seen a greening between the stumps and under the piles of wood too small to ship out. Even some of the stumps are starting to get moss. However, the area will remain a scene of some devastation for years yet.