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Those are strong words... "In 1630, the estimated area of U.S. forest land was 1,023 million acres or about 46 percent of the total land area." "In 2012, fore
by germinalphrase 8y ago
Those are strong words...
"In 1630, the estimated area of U.S. forest land was 1,023 million acres or about 46 percent of the total land area."
"In 2012, forest land comprised 766 million acres, or 33 percent of the total land area of the United States."
Source: US Department of Agriculture
https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/brochures/docs/2012/ForestFacts_1952-2012_English.pdf https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/brochures/docs/2012/Forest...
- ThomPete 8y agoNot as strong as this: "We chopped down most of the forests in the US [1] to make farmland. Literally. My home state of Indiana was _literally_ solid hardwood forest 250 years ago. Take a look at it on Google maps sometime." 25% ish. Hardly most of the forrest in the US.
- explainplease 8y ago2019 - 250 != 1630