David Maywhoor

I liked David Maywhoor's presentation in that it was informative on how he stands against logging and prescribed burning, but I would've liked to hear a little more about his solution to the problem. I didn't know that prescribed burning even existed before today, and he did a great job explaining why it is so bad, but what should we do instead? Sure, logging is bad because it causes sluffing of the layers of earth, but what should we do instead to get our wood? It's easy to state a problem and say why it's wrong, but creating a solution to the problem should be the the focus. His speech was good in that it presented me with facts that made me think of alternatives to logging and burning. I would imagine that if we would use less wood to build things, like our houses that he mentioned, then the demand for wood would decline, which would then cut down on logging. So, as a solution to the problem he presents, I would say he should put efforts in wood alternatives rather than telling people they should stop logging and burning, because unless people have a reason to stop, they won't. Overall, I liked his presentation because it was very informative and showed he was knowledgeable on the subject, but I felt like I was left hanging.