There are 100 different species of large trees in a single acre of rainforest. More than 259 million acres of federal land are set aside by various government agencies. In 1993, some 1.7 billion seedlings were planted in the U.S.- more than 5 new trees a year for every American. Millions of additional trees were naturally regenerated. Trees capture carbon from atmospheric carbon dioxide, and release oxygen.
Trees also help prevent flooding and help control soil erosion.
Every week more than 500,000 trees are used to produce the two-thirds of newspapers that are never recycled.