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Demeter

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2. Pests, disease and a horrible winter have taken a toll in Michigan

Reply to NutmegYankee (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 10:46 PM

Jul 2014

which WAS a forest for a long time...

much of the land was cultivated by the American Indians, but when diseases and warfare wiped them out, a lot of the continents reverted to forest.

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'The Northeast Wants To Be A Forest' [View all] NutmegYankee Jul 2014 OP

Wish our forests were doing so well. Things have deteriorated with population and other factors. freshwest Jul 2014 #1

Pests, disease and a horrible winter have taken a toll in Michigan Demeter Jul 2014 #2

Here's part of what happened to those forests ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 #3

Fascinating! Demeter Jul 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author demigoddess Jul 2014 #4

Agree. NutmegYankee Jul 2014 #6

RI is doing pretty well lululu Jul 2014 #5

If you hadn't said it was Connecticut I would have thought Northern California, Oregon or Washington mackerel Jul 2014 #7

I live amidst a shitload of northeastern trees in Mass. I like it. nt valerief Jul 2014 #9