Well.., then, our stories match pretty well. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:35 PM Subject: Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please > Hell, I meant the 1750's. > Before settlement, but during exploration. > > I agree, though, that today any woods around > Cincinnati is "patchy" at best. > > T Rittenhouse wrote: > > I would say that was bull, Lon. Ohio has the singular claim to fame of being > > the most evenly populated state in the US, and that was true even in the mid > > 1800's when most of those folks were farmers. Farmers cleared most of the > > land to grow crops, naturally. Now, in the mid 1700's the squirrel story > > could have been said for the entire Northeastern and Midwestern US (the > > Northwoods), of course in those days Ohio was the far west. But in 1850 or > > so Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota were about the only such states that > > had not yet been cut over, but they managed to mow them by 1900. Today there > > are actually more trees in the eastern US than there were in the 1930's, do > > mostly to the abandonment of small farms. Down here in the Appalachians > > almost all the mountain tops had been burned off and made into pastures. Now > > most of them are overgrown again. I can remember the Blue Ridge Parkway as > > being mostly open vistas when I first traveled it with my family as a kid in > > the early 1950's. Now all you mostly see is trees. > > > > However, these forests are not the same as the mature forests of 250+ years > > ago. Most of the trees are no more than 50 years old. Up in Michigan, Proud > > Lake State Park is supposedly the largest uncut tract of Northwoods forest > > left in the continental US. It is only 65 acres, but is interesting to visit > > just to get a small idea what 1/5 of North America was like before we cut it > > down. > > > > Ciao, > > Graywolf > > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:42 PM > > Subject: Re: OT: screen cleaning - help, please > > > > > > > >>They say that in my home state (Ohio) a squirrel could start > >>at the center of the state and get to any state line without > >>touching the ground in the mid 1850's. Yeah, we're closing > >>the barn door after the horses got out and died of old age. > >> > >>-Lon > >> > >>William Robb wrote: > >> > >> > >>>This is all very fine and dandy, but how do we expect to have the moral > >>>authority to complain about what a 3rd world nation is doing if we don't > >>>stop doing it ourselves. > >>>I always found it odd and hypocritical that we were so vocal about > >> > > Brazil > > > >>>chopping down it's rain forests when we were clear cutting huge tracts > >> > > of > > > >>>our own forests during the 1980's. > >>>As for the coal fired plants and the like, it is possible to burn coal > >>>almost as cleanly as natural gas. Our coal fired plants here are proving > >> > > it. > > > >>>Unfortunately, the technology is expensive, and you are correct, big > >>>business tends to buy politicians off (they call it "lobbying") so they > >> > > can > > > >>>keep doing the nasty stuff. > >>> > >>> > >>>William Robb > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03 > > > > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03
