wideangle wrote:
And I believe that this "saving a tree" theory costs California yearly with deadly forest fires, because they refused to "farm" trees to use, thus thinning the forest and letting new growth take parts of the land that now have full growth, thus allowing fires to spread across huge acreages.
I saw a story on TV which stated that a 6-inch diameter pine tree used 50 gallons of water per day. With the huge number of uncut trees, it's no wonder there are dry soil conditions in those over-forested areas.