On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Gomi no Sensei wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Philip Hart wrote: > > > > Not in the least. There is greater forested area in the United States today > > > than there was for most of the nineteenth century. > > > > > > pe > > > something about not using wood so much any more > > > I thought this had something to do with the rise of tree farms. > > If I'm right, these would be monoculture "forests" of identical-age > > trees, so not quite what Larpers might have in mind. > > Likely a good bit of it is farmtrees, yes, but it had been my understanding > that substantial non-farm reforestation was and is taking place. Don't really > know where to find a breakdown of farm v. non-farm forest area, though. I'll > have to look into it. Would be interested in knowing the pre-19th century forestation #s too if you find a good source - that might be a better or at least different frame.