Environment & Energy

He did all sorts of seasonal labor, which included cutting trees in what he described as “The Great Raped State of Georgia.” He described how they would drive two tractors through the trees, with a chain linked between them, knocking down the trees. He said they always left a border by the highways “for the tourists.”

"Tree farms" aren’t forests.

A lot of old growth forests were cut down in New York centuries ago. The folks from the CCC came through, planting (non native) pines in nice neat rows. It’s a lot easier to walk through than a natural forest, and there’s not a lot of “undergrowth” to get in the way.

We do still have some “old growth forests.” https://www.oldgrowthforest.net/new-york