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In the United States, most forests have historically been affected by humans to some
degree, though in recent years improved forestry practices has helped regulate or
moderate large scale or severe impacts. However, the United States Forest Service
estimates a net loss of about 2 million hectares (4,942,000 acres) between 1997 and 2020;
this estimate includes conversion of forest land to other uses, including urban and
suburban development, as well as afforestation and natural reversion of abandoned crop
and pasture land to forest. However, in many areas of the United States, the area of forest
is stable or increasing, particularly in many northern states. The opposite problem from
flooding has plagued national forests, with loggers complaining that a lack of thinning
and proper forest management has resulted in large forest fires.

As a result, protocols for tree management prior to, during and after construction
activities are well established, tested and refined. These basic steps are involved:

* Review of the construction plans

* Development of the related tree inventory
* Application of standard construction tree management protocols
* Assessment of potential for expected tree damages
* Development of a tree protection plan (providing for pre-, concurrent, and post
construction damage prevention and remediation steps)
* Development of a tree protection plan
* Development of a remediation plan
* Implementation of tree protection zones (TPZ)
* Assessment of construction tree damage, post-construction
* Implementation of the remediation plan

Rick's Tree Service :Soils

Taiga soil tends to be young and nutrient-poor; it lacks the deep, organically-enriched
profile present in temperate deciduous forests. The thinness of the soil is due largely to
the cold, which hinders the development of soil and the ease with which plants can use its
nutrients. Fallen leaves and moss can remain on the forest floor for a long time in the
cool, moist climate, which limits their organic contribution to the soil; acids from
evergreen needles further leach the soil, creating spodosol. Since the soil is acidic due to
the falling pine needles, the forest floor has only lichens and some mosses growing on it.

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The word was introduced by the Norman rulers of England as a legal term (appearing in
Latin texts like the Magna Carta) denoting an uncultivated area legally set aside for
hunting by feudal nobility (see Royal Forest). These hunting forests were not necessarily
wooded much, if at all. However, as hunting forests did often include considerable areas
of woodland, the word "forest" eventually came to mean wooded land more generally. By
the start of the fourteenth century the word appeared in English texts, indicating all three
senses: the most common one, the legal term and the archaic usage.
International standards are uniform in analyzing damage potential and sizing TPZs (tree
protection zones) to minimize damage. For mature to fully mature trees, the accepted
TPZ comprises a 1.5-foot set-off for every 1 inch diameter of trunk. That means for a 10-
inch tree, the TPZ would extend 15 feet in all directions from the base of the trunk at
ground level.

Rick's Tree Service : Record breaking trees

The world's champion trees can be rated on height, trunk diameter or girth, total size, and
age.
Tallest trees
The heights of the tallest trees in the world have been the subject of considerable dispute
and much exaggeration. Modern verified measurements with laser rangefinders, other
measuring devices, or with tape drop measurements made by tree climbers (such as those
carried out by canopy researchers or members of groups like the U.S. Eastern Native Tree
Society), have shown that some older measuring methods and measurements are often
unreliable, sometimes producing exaggerations of 5% to 15% or more above the real
height. Historical claims of trees growing to 130 m (427 ft), and even 150 m (492 ft), are
now largely disregarded as unreliable, and attributed to human error. Historical records of
fallen trees measured prostrate on the ground are considered to be somewhat more
reliable.

Rick's Tree Service Business The verified oldest measured ages are:
1. Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Methuselah) Pinus longaeva: 4,844 years
2. Alerce Fitzroya cupressoides: 3,622 years
3. Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum: 3,266 years
4. Sugi Cryptomeria japonica: 3,000 years
5. Huon-pine Lagarostrobos franklinii: 2,500 years

Rick's Tree Service Website The word was introduced by the Norman rulers of England
as a legal term (appearing in Latin texts like the Magna Carta) denoting an uncultivated
area legally set aside for hunting by feudal nobility (see Royal Forest). These hunting
forests were not necessarily wooded much, if at all. However, as hunting forests did often
include considerable areas of woodland, the word "forest" eventually came to mean
wooded land more generally. By the start of the fourteenth century the word appeared in
English texts, indicating all three senses: the most common one, the legal term and the
archaic usage.

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