vertical tall conifers stand on steep deforested slope

air bare barren clear clearing collimate competition conifers copse cut defoliate deforested demand denuded desecration despoil endangered environment environmental erosion exposed exposure firebreak forest forested greed growth habitat high hillside industry land logged logging lugubrious mountainside niche oriented owl paper parallel products remain risk sad sky slope stand stark state steep strip supply surface tall tamarack trees trunks ugly uncover unsightly upright vertical verticality vertically washington