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Potomac State Forest Fire - Announcement 1, 10-08-2024
Potomac State Forest Fire (TEST #884), KC Testing
Publication Type: Announcement - 10/08/2024 - 14:00
It has been estimated that before European settlement, forests in the United States mainland covered nearly 1 billion acres (4,000,000 km2). Since the mid-1600s, about 300 million acres (1,200,000 km2) of forest have been cleared, primarily for agriculture during the 19th century.
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As of 2016, roughly 36.21% (about one-third of the U.S.) is forested. Excluding the U.S territories, forested land in the U.S. covers roughly 818,814,000 acres (3,313,622 square kilometers). As of 2005, the United States ranked seventh in the rate of loss of its old growth forests.