Bill Lantry
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Hey, folks,
You may remember, about a year ago, during a discussion on the future of woodworking, I mentioned the decline of large tracts of forests out west. I know my words on that issue were greeted with at least some skepticism...
Today, I found this article which discusses the same subject: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18trees.html
The video is also worth watching (pop it out for a full screen version). What I saw was in colorado, but there the problem is confined to a mere two million acres. In British Columbia, it's 33 million! Yikes!
It really is something to see those sweeping vistas in the video, and to know that nearly every tree has gone from green to red...
Thanks,
Bill
You may remember, about a year ago, during a discussion on the future of woodworking, I mentioned the decline of large tracts of forests out west. I know my words on that issue were greeted with at least some skepticism...
Today, I found this article which discusses the same subject: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18trees.html
The video is also worth watching (pop it out for a full screen version). What I saw was in colorado, but there the problem is confined to a mere two million acres. In British Columbia, it's 33 million! Yikes!
It really is something to see those sweeping vistas in the video, and to know that nearly every tree has gone from green to red...
Thanks,
Bill