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It has been said that Michigan's nineteenth-century white pine stands were the finest the world has ever seen. Dense, park-like stands, more than 150 feet tall, covered vast areas from the Bay City-Muskegon line north. The sheer quantity of timber lured many adventurous entrepreneurs and enterprising farmers to Michigan. Lumber became a mainstay of Michigan's economy as logging interests and railroad entrepreneurs became adept at harvesting, transporting, and processing pine logs. Many considered the pine to be practically limitless. In October of 1871, the first indication of a troubled future occurred when Michigan settlers experienced fires unlike any they had ever seen. Following two months of serious drought, and fed by hundreds of small fires set by land-clearing operations, much of northern Lower Michigan erupted in flames; dry winds fanned the many small fires into one unbelievable conflagration that swept entirely across the Lower Peninsula from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. Many towns were reduced to ashes, among them Holland, Glen Haven, Huron City, Sand Beach, White Rock, and Forestville. Navigation was interrupted on Lake Huron and as far downriver as Detroit because of the heavy smoke. More than 200 people lost their lives.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Pollution & threats to the environment

• Plný název: Michigan's State Forests
• Podnázev: A Century of Stewardship
• Autor: Michael D. Moore
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 256
• EAN: 9780870137808
• ISBN: 9780870137808
• ID: 06354105
• Nakladatelství: Michigan State University Press
• Hmotnost: 376 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 14 mm
• Datum vydání: 15. October 2006

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