Sustainable Logging?

Question

I lived in Germany in the 1980s. Their public parks and publicly managed logging areas are the same. They don't do any clear-cutting, but instead will only cut select trees that are above a particular DBH (diameter at breast height). The DBH is assigned by species of tree. One of the things that decides the DBH for a particular species is that most trees will only consume more CO2 than they produce until they are about 80 years old, so those are the trees that are harvested.

My question, at last, is this practice done anywhere here in the US, and if not, why (as in economic reason)?

Answer 1

It's usually far more cost-efficient to go in and cut what's there, clear it, and then plant new trees.

Answer 2

Sustainable logging is common in the US.  The reason you don't hear about it is because the largest loggers clear-cut, it's the small landowners doing the sustainable logging.

There is no sustainable way to harvest massive amounts of timber.  Even 'sustainable' methods would cause degradation if applied on such a large scale as the big loggers do.