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Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, c. 2000 [1]. In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]
"State Trees and State Flowers". United States National Arboretum. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010 This page was last edited on ...
It has been estimated that before European settlement, forests in the United States mainland covered nearly 1 billion acres (4,000,000 km 2). [1] Since the mid-1600s, about 300 million acres (1,200,000 km 2 ) of forest have been cleared, primarily for agriculture during the 19th century.
Story at a glance From 2000 to 2020, 36 countries gained more trees than they lost. Europe experienced the highest net gain over 20 years at 6 million hectares. The U.S., Russia, and Canada ...
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
The tropical domain has the largest proportion of the world's forests (45 percent), followed by the boreal, temperate and subtropical domains. More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation (20.1%), Brazil (12.2%), Canada (8.6%), the United States of America (7.6%) and China (5.4%). [2]
Tree City USA sign in Wakefield, Massachusetts. There are more than 3,400 Tree Cities USA. The following is a partial listing of Tree Cities USA. [1] To be a Tree City, the community must meet four standards set by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters: The community must have a tree board or department.
The United States Forest Service ... 374,883 miles (603,316 km) of roads; and the harvesting of 1.5 billion trees per year. ... to reduce the number of forest ...