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There are more Forrests in the US now than there were in 1922. Technically, yes we have more trees now than the historic minimum... As per the Wikipedia[1]: Th
by blululu 4y ago
There are more Forrests in the US now than there were in 1922. Technically, yes we have more trees now than the historic minimum...
As per the Wikipedia[1]:
The US reached its historic minimal forrest coverage around 1920 with ~720 M acres. We are currently at ~760 M acres a century later, down from a pre-European high of ~1020 M acres. So yes we are on a gradual path toward replacement, but also Wisconsin is still a lawn compared to what it once was. There are also broader ecological considerations in forrest management than the number of trees, but none of this is really relevant to the main article which is probably not going to change America's forestry in the slightest.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_the_United_St...