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Originally Posted by gkainz
Are you sure it was intentionally clear cut just to get rid of the trees? ....
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No, I'm not sure of that, but if it was cut for beetle infestation, the beetles respected the road into the campground and all the trees north, east and south of the lake (they're all still standing). The only trees "clear cut" were in the campground area and about 100' on each side of the road into the area. There were stumps 36"-48" in diameter all over the area.
If you pull up a Google satellite view of Pearl Lake, you'll see that the campground is the only "brown, clearcut area" in that part of the state park.
ADDED: Looking closer at the lake, you may be correct about cut trees. There are what looks like fallen timber around the lake. But those areas are green, the campground is brown/gray with almost no vegetation. If you look closely, the old dirt road in the original campground is still visible between the new campground and the lake. In the 70's, it was a 10 site, very primitive campground. I don't think we ever camped there when there was more than 1 or maybe 2 other campers in the campground.