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Destruction of Americas forest was one of the most tragic events in American history The transformation of forested has been by humansexpansion of society when European travelers landed in America Around the time Christopher Columbus landed in America its said that squirrels could travel from tree to tree from the Northeast to the Mississippi without ever having to touch the ground Roddick 1Many of the forest now have been destroyed with the growing number of little towns in America which expanded through till the 1920s when it was realized that destruction of forest was destroying our environment it is said that only 257 percent of the original forest remained Drastic deforestation also was helped by natural destruction of forest such as infestations of disease and insects leveled many native forest With Global Warming being from high carbon dioxide levels and high destruction of forest has affected the growth of American native trees like the sugar maple which need cool weather to grow but with temperature rising in the south it has forced it to be moved to higher elevations Trees importance is beyond what you would expect because they do about half the photosynthesis on Earth and they help sequester tremendous amounts of carbon Roddick 2 With population in the rise yearly cutting down trees for lumber was used to create building materials furniture and firewood Not only were the burin g down land for towns but also burned land to be used for grazing large amounts of cattle that need space to grow and eat Much of the land was used for conservation of natural resources such as oil and mining exploitation this also lead to highways and roads being built Wildfires and acid rain destroy acres of forest at a time according to the National Interagency Fire Center studies show since 2003-2012 on average 5385441 acres have been burned each of those years with 2012 being the highest with 6971729
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