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Shredded remains of trees on the edge of a forest that was clear cut on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. At nearly 17 million acres, the Tongass rainforest is composed of considerable stands of old-growth forest, with some trees standing more than 800 years old.
Less than 5 percent of the entire Tongass is composed of high-volume old growth.
The biggest and best trees, the biological heart of the rainforest, has been cut—much of it for pulp.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- 4221x2768 / 4.5MB
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alaska, alexander archipelago, color image, day, ecosystems, forests, forests and forestry, habitats, habitats and ecosystems, industry, industry and production, logs, logs (wooden), lumber, lumber and paper industry and production, national forests (alaska), nobody, north america, outdoors, photography, prince of wales island, production, timber, tongass national forest, united states, wood
- Contained in galleries
- Tongass_National Geographic magazine_7/2007
