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“There are many times you can go after large swatches of second growth if you can go after a small percentage of old growth. It suddenly makes more sense.”

“I mean, we can cut second growth, but the people on the other end are not going to like it. It’s just not going to last.”

The biomass heating system would use leftover wood from thinning of second growth forests or from timber operations, said Clay Good of the Renewable Energy Alaska Project.

There’s what we call old growth and second growth.

But mostly, the draw here is the chance to take in impressive second growth, dodge sword ferns and meander along a trail equally well-suited for kids or serious trail runners.