Ancient Trees, Cast Your Spells

Ancient Trees, Cast Your Spells O' where are the very ancient trees swaying moon beaming with band of coon hounds baying Crystal nights casting shadows from tree to tree earth crying out so for man's spirit to just see Olden glades that stir the heart's lovin' ardor make a man sing out and race on all the harder Twisting undergrowth so magical in the making Nature's harvest sitting there just for the taking 'Call of the wild', leaping about each aging giant stirs man's heart to fire up to be brazenly defiant Mighty woods standing against attacks by evil foes cuts and gashes upon ancient trunks everywhere shows O' when will man's great follies ever dare to cease Protect such aging beauties by giving ever sweet relief Robert J. Lindley. 07-25-2014 note: Decades of Rampant Clearcutting in Our National Forests Is Ruining America's Last Wild Forests. America was once covered with one billion acres of towering primeval forests. These forests were teeming with plants and animals, a treasure-trove of evolutionary diversity and biological richness. Giant, centuries-old trees had trunkside and soared to the height of 30 story skyscrapers. In the past 500 years, aggressive logging and development have destroyed over 95% of these original forests. The last remnants of America's virgin and natural forests, with their unique and irreplaceable life, reside mostly on our national forests. The 155 national forests cover a large portion of our country, an area about the size of California Oregon and Washington combined, and stretch from Alaska to Florida. Most states have at least one national forest.