Martin Desmond wrote: > >To date, there have been over 5,700,000 acres burned in the United >States which is substantially above the five year average of 2.0 million >acres. For folks that are interested in the daily blow-by-blow >description of the fires, you can check out >http://fwspceaa.nifc.r9.fws.gov/~amundsone/Situation_Report.html. > In 1930, there were more than 50,000,000 acres burned in the United States. For a USFS graph of trends of acres burned in the US, check out http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/coops/sfnmc/class/fire.jpg David South dsouth@forestry.auburn.edu 334-844-1022 334-844-1084 (FAX) As always, views expressed here are my own (and I am not speaking on the behalf of others). http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/coops/sfnmc/sfnmc.html ========================================================================= The world population is expected to double by the year 2100. Therefore the annual demand for wood for energy (etc.) will increase and might double (to more than 7 billion m3/yr). To provide plantation wood for people in the future, support the planting of trees on pastureland. Set a goal of converting 8 million ha of pastureland/yr for the next 55 years. This would increase tree plantations to about 5% of the world's landbase. ========================================================================= Support Zero Population Growth for the United States http://www.igc.apc.org/zpg/index.html
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