Somebody may have already noted...there is a similar debate in Australia about the relationship between a reduction in forest tending and the increase in wildfires. This was particularly severe around Sydney last summer. David may be able to comment more. While it would be fair to say some of the reduction in tending was "green"-induced, some impact has been felt by the encroachment of residential areas into smaller blocks of land in or near forests. Regards Michael Smith At 04:23 PM 9/4/96 -0500, you wrote: >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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