You're gonna need a citation for that statement, because everything I know about the US disagrees with that. Indiana, for example, was almost completely forest

You're gonna need a citation for that statement, because everything I know about the US disagrees with that. Indiana, for example, was almost completely forest before European settlers arrived [1] and has seen forest cover reduced by 75%. Most of the midwest is similar. [1] https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr-nrs-p-108papers/02carman_hee_p108.pdf https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr-nrs-p-108papers/02car...