Here's a good example of the things that were talked about in the last few posts.......Last year just before hunting season I ran my tractor through the thick undergrowth of dog fennel to make a trail to my stand.....In doing so I let my front end loader down a little too low and when I hit a low spot it scalped the organic matter off the top of the soil in this spot......This shows just how much impact taking away the OM can have.....It's not like we're in a drought or something either..... This same principle applies to more than just this one spot in my field.....It's like the laws of physics........The same thing applies in a big stand of thinned pines or an oak savannah or in your food plot.......Soil organic matter % impacts plant density and species composition.......And "taking it away" or reducing it is the same no matter if its through a front end loader, a plow, fire, or whatever the means......It has the same impacts if it's not taken into consideration......