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FakeNoose

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6. The white area of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba USED to be forest also

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:56 AM

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But in the last 100+ years settlers have cut down trees and turned it into farmland. Canada isn't so different from the American Midwest, it's just colder.

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To our American friends, this is a map of forests in North America. 347 million hectares of wilderness in highly remote [View all] riversedge Yesterday OP

Not news to anyone with a maturity of 10-year-old or more. Girard442 Yesterday #1

An idea that requires critical thinking skills Dr. T Yesterday #2

What? You mean you didn't rake your forests? Biophilic Yesterday #3

This idea that poor forest management caused this Johnny2X2X Yesterday #4

Fire is absolutely critical in the health of the large Boreal forests in the Eastern and Western hemisphere's Cheezoholic Yesterday #5

Please break this up into paragraphs. Thank you. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Yesterday #14

The white area of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba USED to be forest also FakeNoose Yesterday #6

Excellent point. nt moniss Yesterday #10

Let's also not forget that the US can't send the help it used to send. GoCubsGo Yesterday #7

no explanation markie Yesterday #8

Have they raked their leaves? Guess not. twodogsbarking Yesterday #9

When the fires are in Canada they are poor forest managers Hope22 Yesterday #11

He's going to be in New Jersey for the World Cup final match on Sunday FakeNoose Yesterday #16

I was gonna say that sounds promising but you are on the mark! Hope22 Yesterday #19

Lemme guess, Glaisne Yesterday #12

Sigh lonely bird Yesterday #13

Please catch me up. It is early yet, and I seem to have missed some niyad Yesterday #17

Certainly lonely bird 16 hrs ago #22

Dear Goddess !!! I knew that bennie is stupid, but. . . damn!! niyad 12 hrs ago #23

catering to the ignorant GOP base Skittles 12 hrs ago #24

And that fact is so damned depressing! niyad 11 hrs ago #25

We've done a piss poor job of forest management for many, many reasons for hundreds of years. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #15

Granted but the boreal forest is a whole different matter paleotn 20 hrs ago #21

Dear Goddess, what stupidity have I missed this time? niyad Yesterday #18

Most Americans don't get it paleotn 20 hrs ago #20