The onset of winter at the beginning of December is still having an impact. The damage to the region's forests is extensive and the clearance work currently underway is complex.
The financial outlay for repairing the damage is significantly higher than the proceeds that the wood sale subsequently brings back into the cash register. Dead wood, whether fallen treetops or broken branches, offers paradisiacal conditions for the dreaded bark beetle. And the pest becomes active at around 15 degrees, so the forest workers have to hurry.