highcountrynews: This Map Shows Where All The Trees Are In The US NASA’s Earth Observatory just released a map illustrating where all the trees are in America. The map was created over six years by Josef Kellndorfer and Wayne Walker of the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey. The dark swaths of green represent parts of the country with the greatest concentration of biomass. You can see dense tree cover in the Pacific Northwest as well New England, which has been reforested after intensive logging in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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This Map Shows Where All The Trees Are In The US

NASA’s Earth Observatory just released a map illustrating where all the trees are in America. The map was created over six years by Josef Kellndorfer and Wayne Walker of the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey. The dark swaths of green represent parts of the country with the greatest concentration of biomass. You can see dense tree cover in the Pacific Northwest as well New England, which has been reforested after intensive logging in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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    makes me want to cry.
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    This Map Shows Where All The Trees Are In The US NASA’s Earth Observatory just released a map illustrating where all the...
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    Um, I’m actually a little sad to see that I apparently live in one of the most heavily-forested areas in the country....
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    and this is one of the things I am going to miss about the northeast when I move.
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    Oh look what coastal urban area is the only one with trees in California. Still, this us terrifying
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    I’m not a big fan of New York City, but seeing the green in that area of the map made me happy. I’m not blaming all the...
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    I’m not a big fan of New York City, but seeing the green in that area of the map made me happy. I’m not blaming all the...
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