Important Forest Trees And Their Uses ( Originally Published 1922 ) Of our native trees‚ the white pine is one of the best and most valuable. It is a tall straight tree that grows to a height of 100 to 150 feet. It produces wood that is light in weight and easy to work because it is so soft. At ‚one time there were extensive pine forests in the northeastern states. Many of the trees were very large‚ and occasionally one may still see pine stumps that are 5 to 6 feet in diameter. White pine made fine
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Leviathan’s timber trade‚ had been the death of my own seraph lover. For I have followed as a participant into the untimely holocaust of the Black Forest. I had been laboring long‚ restless hours due to the inability to sleep‚ and the extensive order of logs at last minute request. My master had specifically demanded timber from the infamous Black Forest‚ an ominous dungeon of ashened leaves that wailed and wretched as passersby stalked its premises. Myth speaks of my brethren‚ descendants of that
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Forest Fire: Causes and Effects Ron Hilton National American University One morning you wake up and look out the window. Off to the west‚ you see an orange glow over the hills. You ask yourself “Is that a forest fire? What caused it? What is it going to do to the ecosystem?” The answer to the first question comes down to two main causes‚ man and nature. According to the U.S. Fire Administration (2000)
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Chapter 2. Forest and Terrestrial Biodiversity of Mauritius 2.1 Overview of Biodiversity Mauritius has an area of 1‚865 km2‚ of which 30% is considered forested. The area of good quality native forest‚ (i.e. that with more than 50% native plant cover‚ Page & d’Argent 1997)‚ is estimated to cover less than 2% of the island (NEAP 1999‚ MWF unpublished‚ Fig.2.1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result
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of dealing with the real world and the depression brought about by it‚ in a short animated film called "The Forest". The video starts out with a 12 year old girl narrating her life. She doesn’t like school; she feels alone among people; her father pushes her very hard. To escape the pressures and sadness of the real world‚ the girl spends much of her time daydreaming about a beautiful forest‚ her happy place. She gets in trouble at school and her father then becomes fed up with her “distantness” and
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Writing Assignment Resource Management Policy The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976 is a federal law that reorganized‚ expanded and amended the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974‚ which called for the management of renewable resources on national forest lands. The National Forest Management Act requires the Secretary of Agriculture to assess forest lands‚ develop a management program based on multiple-use‚ sustained-yield principles‚ and implement a resource
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The novel “Things Fall Apart” written by Chinua Achebe‚ is a tale based on the traditional beliefs and customs of an Ibo village during late 1800’s Africa. Through the telling of this story‚ we witness the remarkable depth of Igbo culture through its functions of religion‚ politics‚ judiciary and entertainment. One of Achebe’s challenges was to illustrate the Ibo’s religious system. Even though the Ibo people had little contact with the outside world‚ they had developed their own beliefs and practices
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Tropical evergreen forest Tropical forests are characterized by the greatest diversity of species. They occur near the equator‚ within the area bounded by latitudes 23.5 degrees N and 23.5 degrees S. One of the major characteristics of tropical forests is their distinct seasonality: winter is absent‚ and only two seasons are present (rainy and dry). An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign the tropics
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Things Fall Apart’s Repudiation of Western Imperialist Views of Africa Africa is a continent that contains many individualistic‚ unique‚ and culturally independent countries‚ tribes‚ and people. However‚ Africa is conceptualized as a continent that is riddled with poverty and savagery. The misconception of Africa and its identity was induced by Western colonizers‚ that oppressed not only the colonized but also their culture and traditions. The colonizers gave inaccurate‚ ambiguous‚ and self glorifying
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Part One Forest Gump Throughout the movie Forest Gump‚ the character Forest Gump demonstrates many of the necessary qualities of a successful leader. As he grows from a boy to a man‚ his home life aids in the development of his leadership characteristics. The most influential being in his life was his mother‚ who taught him lessons about how to be a great person. These lessons are the basis of his success in both his leadership in the military and his life. Forest had a very rough childhood
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