As for the tree planting -- that is fantastic.

As a 4-H kid, I hand-planted a lot of trees, and I assisted in a heck of a lot of tractor-planted trees. It was over half-century ago, but I believe our small region did a million trees a year.

Being as old as I am, I'm now culling a lot more trees than I plant. Just in the last couple of days, the power company cut several cord of trees in my 1/3-mile driveway. If they hadn't sprayed the stumps with orange paint, I'd never have even known they cut these 8-12 inch DBH trees.

Like ponds, woodlands require a lot of culling and management to keep them viable.

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