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... covered mountains because of the accepted belief that trees improved climate and assured increased natural water production . Two tree nurseries were established at Chico and Santa Monica , possibly the first such nurseries in the U.S. ...
... covered mountains because of the accepted belief that trees improved climate and assured increased natural water production . Two tree nurseries were established at Chico and Santa Monica , possibly the first such nurseries in the U.S. ...
Page 129
... covered by forest . But then something interesting happened . Coal and oil replaced wood as fuel . At the same time , uneconomical farms on marginal lands were abandoned at an increasing rate . Slowly much of the cleared acreage ...
... covered by forest . But then something interesting happened . Coal and oil replaced wood as fuel . At the same time , uneconomical farms on marginal lands were abandoned at an increasing rate . Slowly much of the cleared acreage ...
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... covered that country . William Faulkner , the Nobel prize - winning Mississippi author , tried to re - invoke that wilderness in one of his great short novels " The Bear " : “ the tall and endless wall ... sombre , impenetrable ... the ...
... covered that country . William Faulkner , the Nobel prize - winning Mississippi author , tried to re - invoke that wilderness in one of his great short novels " The Bear " : “ the tall and endless wall ... sombre , impenetrable ... the ...
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