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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by nordsieck on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:11AM (#15505410)
> before settlers arrived

I think you mean "before Native Americans arrived". One of the side effects of the European arrival to North America was reforestation due to a disease-driven decline in the population of Native Americans.

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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by alsetmusic on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:34AM (#15505493)
Seems appropriate to mention controlled burns preceding European settlers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_use_of_fire

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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by dandr01d on Thursday October 19, 2017 @02:56AM (#15505969)
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