The Forest To-day 



A LARGE portion of America is still wooded. 

 In the East there are timberlands and small 

 "woodlots" wherever one may go. In the West 

 there is even more woodland, with finer forests, 

 for the West is the home of great trees. Al- 

 though only a little more than one quarter of 

 our country is now covered with forests, the 

 United States has still more woodland than any 

 other country in the world, save Russia. After 

 Russia and the United States, Canada is next 

 in extent of wooded territory. 



There are now in this country an Atlantic 

 forest, a Pacific forest, and a Rocky Mountain 

 forest. In the Middle West is a great belt of 

 country where few trees grow. That a consider- 

 able part of the great mid-western plains was 

 once wooded there can be but little doubt; but 

 the fires of many seasons, some the result of 

 accident, others to furnish better grazing lands 

 for herds of bison, finally killed this growth. 

 The heavy sods of grass, together with the dry 



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