TreesBy Bela Ronald and Racheal Cortner

The Benefits of Trees Oxygen to replace carbon dioxide (clean air)

Energy source: Fire, heat, food (fruit & nuts) etc.

Shade-Trees reduce UV-B exposure by about 50 percent

Building/prevent erosion

Shelter for animals

Tragic Deforestation Erosion & floods

Loss of habitat/extinct animals

Top soil removal (trees give nutrition to soil)

Underground aquifer’s water source stays on the top of the earth resulting in loss of fresh water.

More evaporation = loss of fish/streams

Smaller plants die from direct sunlight

Washington/Pullman 12 million acres of forestland in the state

Approximately 8.4 billion trees

Pullman has a Christmas tree farm which recycles trees safely

Couple of Tree Nurseries (Pullman)

Hundreds in Washington

8 national forests most around 1 million acres some 2.5 million

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Trees Now Overall Cover about 9.4% of the Earth's surface (or 30% of total

land area) Before it was 50% of total land area

61 trees per person

Over 400 billion trees (2005)

Trees in our future

Depleting with time

More people = less trees

Predicted 9.6 billion people in 2050 (36yrs from now)

A lot better now than in the past New organizations help with tree loss

Encouraging others to protect trees/plant

How to Help Plant trees

Buy real Christmas trees preferably organic

Recycle/reuse

Use less plastics

No Styrofoam

Support National Forests

Support solar/wind/water power not burning of fossil fuels