Within its gates I heard the soundOf winds in cypress caverns caughtOf huddling tress that moaned, and soughtTo whisper what their roots had found.(__ Dream of Fear_)
Most of the trees are already dying. All across North America from Mexico to Alaska, forests are dying. Seventy thousand square miles of forest__hat's as much land as all of the state of Washington__hat much forest has died since I was born. What if I am growing up in a world that will not have trees anymore by the time I am my grandfather's age?
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Most of the trees are already dying. All across North America from Mexico to Alaska, forests are dying. Seventy thousand square miles of forest__hat's as much land as all of the state of Washington__hat much forest has died since I was born. What if I am growing up in a world that will not have trees anymore by the time I am my grandfather's age?
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