Natural Resources Notebook: Are Not All Forests Green?

Taos News, TheMay 02, 2009

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We have buildings and we have green buildings. We have energy and we have green energy. Could we say that we have forests and we have green forests? Are not all forests green?

We could say that a "green forest" is a healthy forest. It's a forest that is growing at or near the greatest growth rate possible for the combination of habitat (in forestry terms, the "site" referring to "site quality", mostly forest soil) and forest community. It's a forest ecosystem in which there is room to grow with not too many open spaces, but just enough, nor too few trees but just enough.

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Natural Resources Notebook: Are Not All Forests Green?

Why is this forest green? The answer is that, because it's growing vigorously, it's "soaking up" the maximum amount possible of ca...

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