Deforested Areas and Ecosystem Impact

Images showing logged and dying forest areas, highlighting environmental degradation, with visible fallen trees and barren land.

Yellowstone Park lodgepole pine trees destroyed by fire.

Logging.

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Large areas of dead forests in the Harz Mountains due to drought, wind break and bark beetle infestation, monoculture with spruces, Harz National Park, near Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Cleared forest area after bark beetle infestation near Britten, Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park, Saarland, Germany

Dead spruce trees damaged by bark beetle infestation

Clear cut logging in Oregon.

Yellowstone Park lodgepole pine trees destroyed by fire.

Land that has just been logged in the Pacific Northwest.

Ecological disaster in the Harz Mountains

Landes forest devastated by winter storm France

A tree is left standing alone in forest clear cut in the mountains. (square frame)

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Tree deaths, forest deaths

Trees damaged by climatic warming, drought, wind breakage and bark beetle, photographed on 2.11.2019 in Sauerland near Iserlohn, Germany, Europe

A clear cut block with a tree stump in the foreground

chopping wood

Logging road with tire tracks on a clearcutting in a spruce forest

Big beech tee stumps, logs and branches in a clearcut area

Replant of Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in clearcut, Suislaw National Forest, Oregon

chopping wood

Aftermath of a wildfire in a forest

Reclaimation of heathland habitat, with felled conifer plantation, Holt Country Park, Norfolk, England, august

Aftermath of fire in coniferous forest, near Angelsberg, Fagersta Municipality, Vastmanland, Sweden, May

Logging

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Clear-cut forest, Superior National Forest, Minnesota

Aftermath of a forest fire, charred tree trunks and shadows

Area of deforestation, near Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Bare trees devastated after forest fire

Dead spruces following bark beetle infestation. The consequence of global warming

A harvested cut block of softwood trees

Plastic cones cover new seedlings planted in a second_growth forest clearcut between the towns of Sooke and Jordan River on southern Vancouver Island,...

Germany, Brandenburg, Treuenbrietzen, Forest, slash and burn

Deforested Area

Burned dead trees after forest fire in Alberta, Canada.

A cleared area of lumber in a Georgian logging region

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Charred logs burnt by forest fire, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America

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Grand County, Colorado, The aftermath of the East Troublesome Fire. The fire was one of the largest in Colorado's history, burning nearly 200,000 acres in the Arapaho National Forest and Rocky Mountain National Park.

Months after Hurricane Michael hit the panhandle of Florida, damage can still be seen.

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Clearcut longleaf pine woods, NW Florida Panhandle

Tree death Harz cleared forest areas

Forest deforestation, cut trees, cut forest environment

Cut down forest

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Kahlschlag - Clear cutting Kahlschlag - Clear cutting Copyright: xZoonar.com/RobertxBiedermannx 6136431

Birch logs in a pile at a clear-cutting site, Sweden, Europe

Windstorm damage, Stanley Park, British Columbia

Burned dead trees after forest fire in Alberta, Canada.

Logged out area BC Canada

Logging in autumn, when trees are yellow. Cut over land. Northern mixed forests as barbaric way of exploiting natural resources. Ecological problem of greenhouse effect in conditions of deforestation

USA, WA, Olympic NP, Near the Hoh Rainforest. Example of clear cut forest harvesting.

Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) area, killed trees are being removed, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Olympic National Forest, Washington, USA. Clear-cut logging and piles of logging debris (slash piles) on the Olympic Peninsula.

Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) debris from logging and shingle operation, Chile

Duwanni Jar, bank of the Kolyma, the bank breaks off due to thawing permafrost, trees sink, drunken trees, Yakutia, Russia, Europe

Image of coniferous forest after felling Forestry. Image of coniferous forest after felling Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreyxGuryanovx 8978167

Holzeinschlag Holzeinschlag

Cutting of pine tree trunk at Hirpora sanctuary in Kashmir valley Jammu and Kashmir India 8-April-2008 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

cleared forest outdoor scenery south Germany An image of a cleared forest outdoor scenery south Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/magannx 13833183

Forest fire aftermath and regrowth. Sandilands Provincial Forest, Manitoba, Canada.

Spruce clear-cutting in the forest after bark beetle infestation, Franconian Forest, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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Timber rafting

Baumstämme Trift Baumstämme Trift Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 2667686

Carbon Cycle

Spruce trees damaged by bark beetle infestation

Dead spruces following bark beetle infestation. The consequence of global warming

piece of bark with traces of the Bark Beetle An image of a piece of bark with traces of the Bark Beetle Copyright: xZoonar.com/magannx 13833212

chopping wood

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Burned trees stand like toothpicks several years after a forest fire. Soda Springs, California.

Beaver lodge displaying beaver entrance in the summer time. Beaver construction. Beaver skills.

Damage caused by feral pigs (Sus scrofa) on flood plain, East Alligator River area, Northern Territory, Australia

Tobacco Drying

Black forest Black forest. The time when the snow fell from the mountain slopes and is still dead - mud season for an American Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 13093121

clearcut logging near entrance to Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Burnt tropical rainforest, cleared for agriculturecausing a loss of biodiversity. .

Blackened spruce trees and ash after a recent forest fire, Highway 3 to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Pile of salvaged burned pine trees from extensive forest fire

Forest dieback in Upper Lusatia

Live and burned forest, and pine beetle kill, Chilcotin Ark, British Columbia, Canada.

Destroyed rainforest after Cyclone Larry that left most rainforest trees standing but stripped them of almost all their leaves, completely removing the rainforest canopy, Tam OShanter State Forest, Queensland, Australia, March 2006

Cleared forest area after bark beetle infestation near Britten, Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park, Saarland, Germany

Clear cut forest in preparation for mountain top removal coal mining. In the background is a reclaimed mine site and rock from an active mine.; Mud, West Virginia, United States of America

Logging industry: native eucalypt forest cleared for pine plantation loss of biodiversity. Northeastern Tasmania, Australia.

Tree deaths, forest deaths

Logged out area BC Canada.

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BRAZIL Rondonia Amazon. Area of deforestation..

Felled and cleared coniferous forest, Sweden

Burnt trees after a forest fire, Barriere, British Columbia, Canada, North America

European beaver (Castor fiber) dam, due to dammed stream flooding in forest, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Deforestation, Sumatra, Indonesia

Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) old growth stands clear cut for tourist housing, Hopkins, Belize

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