A Mass Decimation of Forests Is Happening Across The US, And No One's Paying Attention

[lordsummerisle]

sciencealert.com

A new study has found that US metropolitan areas are losing about 36 million trees every year across the entire country. That's equivalent to 175,000 acres of tree cover in central, suburban and exurban fringes.

Just as a growing number of Americans are choosing to live in cities, scientists have begun to discover the importance of living near trees for our health and wellbeing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/american-cities-losing-30-million-trees-every-single-year-in-stunning-decimation-tree-cover

[mountain grammy]

1. Here in Colorado, the pine beetle is thriving with our warmer winters.

Millions of acres of lodgepole pines have died over the last 2 decades.

This article is specifically about loss of trees in cities and very interesting, and sad.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. And the Forest Industry is fighting any attempts

to do replanting of Beetle resistant trees.

[defacto7]

3. Why are they fighting it?

[Wellstone ruled]

4. As soon as they,the Forest Product Industry,

gets access to all the National Forests and can Clear Cut,nothing will change. Plus,they want this Timber Free,no stumpage fees,no Forest Service over Sight as to the Logging Roads.

[defacto7]

5. Got it. Thanks.