There are more trees in the U.S. than there were 100 years ago

Re:There are more trees in the U.S. than there were 100 year... by claystu on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:07AM (#9477079)

At the same time, turning young trees into old trees isn't a very difficult problem. Once the decision is made either by economics--farming is no longer viable--or aesthetics to let the trees grow back, it's only a matter of time.

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Re:There are more trees in the U.S. than there were 100 year... by protomyth on Saturday May 02, 2015 @11:17AM (#9477357)

"farming is no longer viable"

In the plain states, large rows of tree were planted for farming (e.g. shelter belts). Many places trees exist today did not have trees pre-farming. This was the great plains, not a forest region.

If farming is no longer viable then humans are no longer viable.

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Re:There are more trees in the U.S. than there were 100 year... by claystu on Thursday May 07, 2015 @09:58AM (#9505045)

I wasn't saying that farming is no longer viable anywhere as a business. I was saying that there are places, like my home state, that have seen a resurgence of forest as farms have disappeared due to competition from elsewhere.

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