81. They have proposed thinning and lightly burning the pine forests on a grand scale across the West. 82. Those economics have made Smith look at the pine forests in a whole new way. 83. This somewhat desolate landscape is softened occasionally by green oases of pine forests watered by the many rivers that rush from the mountains to the Mediterranean. 84. To Easterners, Washington conveys images of pine forest, snow-capped peaks and salmon leaping in icy streams. 85. Today, a Mercedes plant sheathed in gleaming metallic panels rises from the pine forests of western Alabama, where even convenience stores have been few. 86. Tree rings show that pine forests have a fire every few years. 87. To the south, thick pine forests and icy lakes are a mirror reflection of British Columbia or Alaska. 88. Typical Florida pine forests have an open canopy that allow needles and scrub to dry quickly, making fire possible within a day of rain, studies show. 89. Unlike the plantations near Charleston, Hampton is still surrounded by open country and thick pine forests. 90. Vast pine forests. |