Apologies for the necro; I didn't want to start a new thread about chopping when there are probably others.
Question for the vets:
I have a city with 2 Coast, and 6 tundra forests. Two of those forests have deer, one on a hill, the other flat by a river.
This city has a potential to be a massive source of furs and/or lumber; I want to keep the forests. Potentially, I wouldn't need to worry about getting true forests on my new colonies.
With an expert fisherman on each coast, and an expert farmer on each deer, I can get 2*6+8+6 food, +3 more for city tile, =29 food total, supporting 10 additional colonists.
Should I leave the forests on the deer, so I can boost fur/lumber production when I don't need the food (for example, when my carpenters migrate to a less-developed city), or should I chop them to get the +2*2=+4 food, for two more colonists?
I'm pretty earlier in the game, so I haven't decided what my other colonies will do. What would the vets here do?