| Term Paper Title | Preserve The Forests |
| # of Words | 500 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2 |
Preserve the Forests
In agreement with Kim Stafford, who opposes the clear-cutting of old
growth forests, I feel that it is necessary to preserve the profitable lumber in
its natural state for future generations. Currently, the tons of lumber
produced from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States are taken for
granted, and most people do not realize that the forests will be destroyed
within ten years at this rate of exploiting our natural resources. We must make
loggers a profession of the past and divert those current ones into another
sector in our society. The spotted owl is more than a *Darwinistic* survival of
the fittest issue; it represents the direction of our only planet.
In order to preserve the beauty of this planet, we must cease the clear-
cutting of forests. All old growth forests have been around for multiple
centuries and are cut down daily in a matter of hours in order to produce more
buildings and houses in this already over-crowded world. If the rate at which
we cut down trees is continued without any regulation, the forests will all be
gone in ten years, so we should do mankind a favor and try to preserve what is
left. If the old growth forests are gone, then they can never return because it
takes over five generations to produce one and at the rate that the human
population is increasing, there is not enough land to have a secure place for a
new forest.
If we realize that it is best for the human race to stop destroying the
natural resources, then we must destroy, too,...Read entire document
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