To: Russ
At a time when increasing numbers of us bemoan the loss of beautiful trees, this season still represents the wholesale slaughter of many millions of them. Oh, the horror. There are more trees in North America now than there were when the Pilgrims landed.
3 posted on
12/15/2004 6:27:52 AM PST by
tx_eggman
("All I need to know about Islam I learned on 09/11/01" - Crawdad)
To: tx_eggman
There are more trees in North America now than there were when the Pilgrims landed.
That's a bit overstated. Old growth virgin forests - by definition - have fewer trees per acre then far younger forests with many more smaller trees.
10 posted on
12/15/2004 6:37:42 AM PST by
bikepacker67
("This is the best election night in history." -- DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe 11/2/04 8pm)
To: tx_eggman
Oh, the horror. There are more trees in North America now than there were when the Pilgrims landed.
Oh, the huma...never mind!
19 posted on
12/15/2004 7:03:09 AM PST by
Tread
To: tx_eggman
Oh, the horror. There are more trees in North America now than there were when the Pilgrims landed. I've heard this before... do you have a source? I believe you, I've just never seen an actual source for that statement.
27 posted on
12/15/2004 7:35:24 AM PST by
Terabitten
(Alpha Male of the Free Republic wolfpack)
To: tx_eggman
Oh, the horror. There are more trees in North America now than there were when the Pilgrims landed. Yup. Most people don't realize how heavily deforested the NorthEast was by 1700. New Jersey was almost completely Treeless. It's wild when you see these old pictures from the mid 1800s. Trees were back, but not like today.
55 posted on
12/15/2004 9:24:40 AM PST by
Malsua
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