[Varda]

Great Article!
eastern third of the United States, a region whose image of end-to-end metropolises ringed with industrial belts, malls and traffic jams
My husbands cousins from California had exactly this impression of the east. They were just stunned that there are huge wildernesses here.
One little thing. I'd say wolves have reappeared in the east. Eastern coyotes are actually Canadian gray wolf/coyote crosses and they are everywhere.

[TroutStalker]

My wife and I were back in Central PA several weeks ago, and spent time fishing and hiking along a number of streams. Mrs. TS, having lived her entire life in Kansas, is always impressed with the vast amount of forest lands. I keep reminding her that when we retire it will be easier to hike in the forest shade on rolling mountains than on barren Rockies at 7,000+ feet.

A fishing buddy who lives there confirms that coyotes have really moved into the area. I hadn't heard about the coyote/wolf mix though.

[John H K]

I was coach of a speech and debate team in NY State, and when we went to NJ people from around the country were blown away; MOST of New Jersey is NOTHING; NW NJ is forested hills, most of southern NJ is a gigantic scrub pine forest where barely anyone lives. But it's the most densely populated state in the country.

What's that statistic where you could fit the entire population of the world, giving each person a small apartment, into a 40 mile by 40 mile by 40 mile cube or something?