so i've got a dumb idea. how about some new tools for "path clearing"? specifically a pickaxe and an axe. the axe could be used to chop fallen logs, and turns trees into neat lumber, while the pickaxe could remove (certain) static rock formations, turning them into either rocks or coal.
and there 100% would definitely not be any sort of consequences for overusing either of these tools, nope, none whateoverthe trees are angry