Link to above photo/video *MUST SEE*
Perhaps the greatest tragedy to befall the Appalachian Mountains was the loss of the giant old growth Chestnut Trees, which lined the mountains and provided ample amounts of chestnuts which fed local wildlife and people. It also fed the hogs that lived in the area - which fattened them up for the farmers - free healthy range feed versus gmo feed.
The war on food, seems to have started with the Chestnut trees, by starving out the Mountain Men, they were forced to submit to working in the dirty coal mines where they were paid in "company store" money - that was spent at company store that always kept them in debt to the mine, so they were always poor and always had to work hard labor intensive hours.
The miners in Minnesota in the North shore by Lake Superior also report horrendous conditions in the mines, there are plaques on the walls with all of the young men's names - many in their young 20's who died working in the mines. They were promised streets of gold but when they arrived, they must have been shocked to see there was no streets at all, and how can they ever return to their Native countries in Europe - when they are not even paid in money - so they can buy a ticket on a train then ship back, but in company stock - so they would need to build a house, and no doubt owed the company enough to be stuck there for life - if they were lucky enough to survive.
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Like the Appalachians most of Minnesota's old growth forests were logged as well, just like the Redwood trees in California. It seems we should be growing back ten times as many trees as we cut, why isn't this being done?
First we need to look at what these trees mean to people in the Appalachians, and by these trees I mean the giant Chestnut trees - that provided mountains of chestnuts to help all the animals and people survive the winter.
Watch this video -
Now here are some of the possible solutions - but it is incredibly important we re-plant all of these trees and then some.
This video is something we can learn from and should be looked into as a possible solution and weigh the outcomes.
Let's hear from the people who are doing it.
And we need some controlled brush fires, think small. Do small areas at a time so it can be well controlled. Move slowly and cautiously.
Our forests are starting to look like an episode of hoarders. We have misunderstood the extent - of the care - that was given to the land before our Government came and thrashed it all - stealing like thieves in the night all of it's timber, oil, coal - anything it could get it's hands on of value in the mountains and the forests.
The lands previous inhabitants called Minnesota - The land of the sky blue waters, and they kept it that way for hundreds and thousands of years - until the miners and loggers arrived.
It was with intent that forests were burned to get rid of the brush between the trees, so they and the animals have clear passage - you see animals on trails now, and they would be deeper in the woods if they were cleaned.
Just like an episode of hoarders has teams of people hauling bags of garbage out of people's homes, controlled burns in the forests - facilitate the cleaning of the homes of the woodland people and animals and just like you need to weed the weeds that strangle your flowers in the garden, this brush needs also to be weeded out of the timber. Once that is done we need to re-plant the large growth forests, the redwoods, chestnuts and
undo the damage.
When we know better - we do better, and in some cases - it may take a little help to get to the next level - sometimes you have to be able to level up before you can do better. How can we help those around us - who we see struggling to level up - to get to a place where they can make better decisions and act on them? XOXO
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