mainelinerzzzzz t1_j4g58b6 wrote on January 15, 2023 at 2:16 PM

Reply to comment by Independent-Drive-18 in Pennsylvania was heavily deforested in the 1800s; mostly due to unchecked logging companies. by Libsoccer20

With very few exceptions, coast to coast, America was clear cut. We had to build millions of homes, schools, hospitals.

Independent-Drive-18 t1_j4newv8 wrote on January 16, 2023 at 11:05 PM

The Chicago Fire cleared lot's of forests in Michigan. Probably fires in cities added to deforestation. It is a good thing we learned to make forests sustainable. Railroad ties, fuel for heat, it could have gotten bad without conservation.