Comment 6 for bug 1216305

This is yet another clear indication that the tree spreading feature is just trouble and adds nothing to the game - just saying.

Given the constraints I agree with your reasoning - I disagree with the extra message though. Settlers had a planer - when you wanter to build a big building, a planer had to level the fields of the buildings to the same height before a builder could start construction. I always wanted this to be in Widelands too, but somehow we never implemented it.

Adding a lumberjack and a stonemason to the ship and forcing them to clear the area where the port should be build would be a logical extension of this logic. But if the land is really fertile the trees could spread faster than a single lumberjack could harvest them .... well, I have a solution for this problem too if you are interested :)