Forest Product's Week - History

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Answer A - Roughly 731 million acres of the country is forested today. That's about two-thirds (66 %) of the forestland that existed when Columbus discovered America.

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Answer C - We have more trees today than we had 80 years ago. The CCC, also known as Roosevelt's Tree Army, was credited with renewing the nation's decimated forests of the 1920’s and ‘30s by planting an estimated three billion trees from 1933 to 1942. This was crucial, especially in states affected by the Dust Bowl, where reforestation was necessary to break the wind, hold water in the soil, and hold the soil in place. Large community tree planting events like KY’s 20/20 vision continue that goal by converting unused farm land back to forest.

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Answer B - In ancient times, people wrote on animal skins, bones, and clay tablets. Egyptians wrote on a woven mat of reeds called papyrus, which is where the word paper comes from. Around 2,000 years ago, Chinese first made paper as we know it from a mixture of mulberry bark, rags, and hemp. But it was not until the 18th century that wood fiber was recognized as a good source of paper. The French scientist, Rene de Reaumur, got the idea from observing a wasp building a nest from a twig it mixed with its bodily fluids to create pulp.

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Answer B - Although KY is having more problems with the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and the Emerald Ash Borer, the gypsy moth has devastated more than 80 million acres (32 million hectares) of forests in the Eastern U.S., according to the USDA Forest Service, though several eradication strategies have prevented the insects from spreading to Western states.

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Answer A - Rubber got its name from Joseph Priestly when he observed that it rubbed out pencil marks.