Analyzing Trax's 'Truax Story'

In the essay published in 1995 “ Caring for the Woods “, by Barry Lopez shares his thoughts on what is happening to the undeveloped and uncut land. Coming from a family that used land for planting, harvesting, and buying up, at the age of 49 Barry realized sacrificing the biological integrity of land in his generation should stop. Barry’s neighbor put 32 acres for sale which at the time had active timber companies who wanted to the land to clear-cut forcing barry and his wife to match up to prevent this from happening. Barry and his wife were able to purchase the land and completed legal arrangement to prevent logging, or being developed after they pass away. Being able to watch the spread of logging, watching the same house being put up for

The ethics of logging have long been debated by environmentalists and wood manufacturing companies. “ No trees for the future would be dreadful indeed. That's

For instance, in grassland, there are three living beings, wolves, sheep, and grasses. The food chain of them is wolves eat sheep, and sheep eat grasses. They are all necessary in the food chain. For instance, if without wolves which are sheep’s natural enemy, sheep will keep growing until they eat all of grasses, and then grassland will be a desert, and sheep will become extinct because of no food. However, if there are only wolves and grasses, that will also be horrible. Grasses will keep growing, and wolves will die out, due to no food, and no space for living. It is also a problem, if there are no grasses. Wolves will become extinct after sheep die out. In other words, balance is important than everything in an ecosystem. The food chain is similar with logging in the Park. If government does not allow logging in the Park, those trees will keep growing, visitors will be difficult to visit or hike in the Park, and the accident rate will be increased. However, if government allows clear-cutting in the Park, it will destroy Algonquin Park. In Wikipedia, the definition of Clear-cutting is “a forestry practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.”(Wikipedia) There are still two logging methods, Shelter-wood and Selection-cutting. “Shelter-wood refers to a progression of forest cuttings leading to the establishment of a new generation of seedlings of a particular species or group of species without planting.” (Wikipedia) ,and the explanation of Selection cutting is “the silvicultural practice of harvesting trees in a way that moves a forest stand towards an uneven-aged or all-aged condition, or 'structure'.” (Wikipedia) At present, there are 3% areas of Algonquin Park is Clear-cutting, 47% is Shelter-wood, and 50% is Selection cutting. Clear-cutting should not be allowed in the Park, it

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” (Dr. Suess) The quote infers to his book The Lorax. In the lorax a greedy company clear cuts the truffula trees that house the ecosystem around it. When they cut them down it results in a bad world. Although the words are whimsical and childish they hold strong meaning, so strong that states with major logging bad the movie. Dr seuss persist to talk about the relentless logging that crumbled the community. Although just a story, it is still happening in the real world today. In the Amazon Tropical rainforests cover about 7 percent of the earth's dry land. But those rainforests are being cleared at a rate of about 8.5 million hectares per year. They

Imagine you are driving down the road through a beautiful forest full of big tall mature trees. You round a turn and then out of the driver side window you see no more trees. All the tree are gone as far as you can see. What is the first thing that comes to your mind? “This is horrible! Why has someone one done this?” if that is what you said then you are going to find out benefits as to why someone has decided to clearcut their property. If you would have said “wow that looks like a nice harvest” then you have been educated on the beneficial purposes of a clearcut. A clearcut is the removal of all the overstory trees within a site, leaving no trees. Clearcutting is the most controversial timber harvesting

Biodiversity may be our most precious gift on this planet. It is amazing to think about how much we know about our fellow creatures, and even more amazing to realize there is still so much to learn. From the smallest pollen to the biggest whale, every species has evolved to be a special part of its ecosystem. It is when we lose sight of the intrinsic value of all this life that we find ourselves destroying the delicate web and irreparably damaging ourselves as well. We cut down entire jungles into grazing land, irrigate vast deserts into golf courses, seal up marshes for business offices, dump toxic waste in the oceans. Since the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, many animal and

Cutting down trees is cutting down the world’s biggest land biome of rainforests and the biodiversity in there.

Deforestation is the cutting down of a large area of trees and the destruction of forests by people. Forests are what we call an exhaustible resource, one which can be used up if it is not used carefully. Over the last few decades, deforestation has threatened the rainforests with total extinction. To understand why deforestation is such an important issue, you first have to understand why trees matter. Trees improve in many ways the life of all species, including the human race.

There are many issues that the rainforest biome has. One of the biggest problems is that people cut down millions of trees each year. At the rate that lumberjacks are moving, in each hour of the day, 1,000 to 3,000 acres of the rainforest are destroyed. 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 acres are being destroyed each year. The lumberjacks cut down these trees for firewood, houses, and for other money making industries. This destruction is mainly

When logging is done sensibly, it can benefits nearby forests. When the taller trees are cut down, smaller trees and shrubs can access sunlight easier. When sustainable logging companies log they will often only target non-native plants so that they can rehabilitate entire ecosystems. Logging certain plants can restore the forest area to its previous glory. (Openreader.org,

Our land is mainly used for agriculture, settlement, and industries. We have land for agriculture to produce food for us to eat and to export. Houses and industries take up lots of land, it is used as shelters and production of products. Which the space remained for forests decreases year by year. The forest is a home for many wild animals and a where trees and vegetations grow. As humans cut down the remaining spaces for trees, the biodiversity of animals and the number of trees will drop. Through this, we can see that the use of land planned by humans often limit the amount of space for forests and often expands areas for settlement and

Imagine taking a look outside and not see anymore trees. The once thick and abundant forests completely gone. The beauty of nature completely wiped out. Imagine all the animals we know today not being around anymore. The animals that we take for granted and don't think twice about.This is all because of deforestation. Deforestation is the the act of clearing a wide area of trees. Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change.(----) At the rate at which deforestation is occurring the later generations might never get to experience and see these luxuries. Some 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost each year—equivalent to 48 football fields every minute.(---) Deforestation also has many other effects on the planet. things The environmental costs of deforestation can include species extinction, erosion, flooding, reduced land productivity, desertification, and climate change and increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. As more habitat is destroyed, more species face extinctions.(“Deforestation” 3) In today’s world, deforestation is a problem and should be put to an end.

The tropical rainforest is well known as have the greatest variety of species on Earth. Specifically, the half of all species such as trees, plants, animals, insects on the planet live in the rainforest. That is the reason why deforestation straightly affects to biodiversity and animals habitat, even leads to species

This is very baffling when thought about extensively. If someone were to throw a cigarette into a forest, that cigarette might cause a fire or an animal might eat it, both ending in death, but deforestation causes animals to move from their homes after their homes have been tore down and go into unfamiliar places which is dangerous. This causes deer jumping into traffic to get food, wild animals being witnessed “attacking” domesticated animals, and wild animals being found in places not welcoming like in gated communities, backyards, and in or near garbage.

The forests that surround us and are a crucial part of our eco system has developed over millions of years. Even since the age of dinosaurs, we have forests which went depleted and replenished, going from age to age. The ecosystem of the forests provides a home to all animals and not only do we take their home, we are not replacing them. The animals who lose their home in the wake of cutting trees, will eventually come close to cities. Not only the forests are a source of oxygen for all living beings, they also help curtail the greenhouse gases and keep global warming in control.