THAT'S MESSED UP!

• Unfortunately, we are depleting many of the resources of our deciduous forests by taking timber, creating recreational areas, and stripping them in their entirety to put up new buildings. All too often when we build new housing developments in an area that was once all trees and plants little attention is paid to what types of foliage are growing there (or the animals that inhabit the area) and we could potentially be eliminating an entire animal or plant species.

• Fortunately, more and more re-forestation is going on, however many feel this isn’t nearly enough. Ravages of time rot caused by age, insect infestations, and other factors go into destroying our forest land. Global warming is blamed on the tremendous changes in our weather which also can affect our deciduous forests. Hurricanes, tornados, extreme cold or extreme draughts all have an impact on how the forest performs in any given year.