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Re:Balloon framing is worse-is-better (2021) by tick_tock_tick on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:41PM (#33977226)
> that process is still underway

No it's not, the total amount of forest in the USA is increasing.

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Re:Balloon framing is worse-is-better (2021) by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:10PM (#33978688)
Only since the "trough" caused by human forestry.

It is still way, way down from the levels when Europeans first arrived.

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