Vermont has 18 billion trees or 62. 7 million cords of wood and the number keeps growing. The rate that trees are cut and cleared has been increasing rapidly over the last 12 years. One third of the trees are sent out of state. Soft woods and hardwoods are in demand. Standing trees are also in demand, and their price has been raised thirty seven percent.
Trees cover eighty percent of Vermont and are a good resource.
We must protect the trees covering Vermont or our state will be barren and take almost 100 hundred years to return to normal. To keep this state as it is we must recycle our paper and not buy too many paper products. This will keep the trees alive. We can maintain forests and limit forest harvesting. We can also encourage hiking and other forest recreation activities.