To Log or Not To Log

I have never been a fan of clear cut logging; I see it as devastational to the envionment, the animals and of course, the trees.

On our latest roadtrips in the area of Redding, we have seen plenty of areas recently (and not so recently) destroyed by forest fires.

It is then that I begin to wonder if the trees had been responsibly logged, would it have been better than having them disappear in a cloud of smoke?