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       So you think you know everything about Trees? Take our new TREE
       POLL and see if it's true.
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: April 2, 2022, 2:57 pm
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       I found an interesting webpage a few weeks back, it showed a
       list of common everyday products made from trees. I was trying
       to figure out a way to present it on the ECNA Forum, because the
       list is rather "eye-opening", I learned quite a bit myself, that
       I would never have guessed.
       Many things we use, on a daily basis, are somehow tied to trees
       and/or tree harvesting, meaning different parts of the tree are
       used for different products, or to add to products to get a
       desired result. Sometimes the tree is living, sometimes the tree
       must be cut and processed to get the product we need. In either
       case this article showed why live and dead trees are needed,
       just for humans to survive.
       Some easy items we use, that come from LIVE trees, are many of
       the foods we eat. Grapefruit comes from a tree, apples & oranges
       as well. Picking fruit off a tree is something that runs a whole
       farm industry. Many nuts come from trees as well, along with
       some spices and even coffee & chocolate.
       But these products require the tree to be growing... what about
       products that require a DEAD tree?
       Think of something like Root Beer, it uses Sassafras Root for
       it's flavor. Or maybe a wood baseball bat or wooden chair? We
       can't make these products until the tree is harvested, yes it
       has to be cut down to be used. Paper, Home Building...those are
       all easy ones. Yellow Pine, in this country, is used to make
       almost all outdoor lumber. Nest time you are sipping wine on
       your back deck, remember a tree "gave it's life" for your deck
       and railing.
       So this new POLL is to test your knowledge of what products come
       from trees, specifically a tree that has to be cut down to make
       the product.
       I'm calling it the Dead Tree Poll, a little humor there... get
       it?
       At the end of the poll, in 30 days, I will display the correct
       answer or answers...it is multiple choice as you see.
       It's not about being right or wrong, but seeing how many of
       these items listed, that you probably didn't associate with
       coming from a dead tree.
       And I will reveal the website that I found then, for reference,
       so you will understand what I did when I read the information.
       No matter what anyone might say, there is value in both living
       and dead trees... and especially the trees that are cut &
       processed to keep us all alive. Some people say "clear-cutting
       is bad", others disagree and point at where tree removal adds
       value. And in the end, it all depends on WHERE that tree is
       located, and WHY it should be kept or removed.
       Overgrown trees along Erie Canal Embankments MUST be removed for
       the SAFETY of the public, so says New York State DEC.
       And now we know that those trees can and will be put to good
       use, cause that's what humans figured out to do with DEAD TREES.
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