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To: Krowbar who wrote (46361)	7/22/1999 2:30:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Not completely. Illinois was largely prairie (i.e. native grasses) with scarcely a tree (except in the river bottoms and the southern part. I doubt if there are any real native forests of any size east of the Mississippi. Everything has been logged one or two times. But damn, there are a lot of trees in the east. The Appalachians are covered with trees -- very few of them bald. The lowlands are covered with pulp forests. Check out Maine away from the coast some time or the Alleghenies. Maybe half if forested -- some of it scrub -- but much of it in Federal or commercial forests.

To: Krowbar who wrote (46361)	7/22/1999 2:49:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

It is probably true that there are more trees in the east now than their were 100 years ago. Much of what was once agricultural land has reverted; in my old stomping grounds in New England, upstate New York, and Pennsylvania it is common to be hiking in forests and find old stone walls, the foundations of farmhouses past, and (a great discovery) fruit trees planted by farmers long gone. It is also true that only a very tiny percentage of America's original forests remain. And it is very true that when Americans urge developing countries not to demolish their remaining wilderness and not to wipe out their remaining indigenous peoples, our track record in these regards is often cited as a reason for ignoring us.