Of every 1,000 live trees over ten feet tall in Wisconsin this year, 80 will die from severe weather, insect damage, crowding, disease or old age. Only 4 of the thousand will be harvested by loggers. However, 98 new trees will grow past the ten foot mark during the year. Therefore, in Wisconsin, annual wood growth exceeds harvest for most species.
Check FIA data. There are 750 million acres of timberland in the United States. 750 million acres. Of most of those, there are not well developed timber markets due to many factors. Also of those acres, most are privately held. Making it even harder to cut them all.
Instead of smoke being burned by something in the active carbon cycle, we now are producing a cloud of gases hanging over us from the burning of fossil fuels that it has taken millions of years of the earth trying to keep it buried….
It’s okay to print this letter. Paper is a sustainable product made from trees. Sustainably managed forests are good for the environment, providing clean air and water, wildlife habitat and carbon storage. Thanks to responsible forest management, we have more trees in America today than we had 100 years ago. The electronic device you are using to view this does not offer the same.
Of every 1,000 live trees over ten feet tall in Wisconsin this year, 80 will die from severe weather, insect damage, crowding, disease or old age. Only 4 of the thousand will be harvested by loggers. However, 98 new trees will grow past the ten foot mark during the year. Therefore, in Wisconsin, annual wood growth exceeds harvest for most species.