Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: skeptical

I read through this book when it first came out and found it misleading. Many of the photos that profess to show clearcuts were actually the sites of catastrophic wildfires. So take them with a grain of salt. Bad examples of logging operations are unfortunately a reality. Clearcuts are not meant to destroy but to regenerate shade intolerant species that can't grow in selective harvesting systems.