The recent article I read was called "More Acres Available for Cutting Trees" by Zen Reno and it not only made me angry, but really disappointed as well. As many people know Christmas is coming up and with it, the sale of Christmas trees. Just recently The Pikes Peak Ranger District announced that it has decided to add nearly 1,500 acres to the Christmas tree-cutting area of Pike National Forest this season. Permits will begin selling on Monday, and will continue all the way through December 16th. The trees will be sold at ten dollars a piece.
What Matters: What matters from this article is that people fail to recognize what we're really doing to the environment, and how important it is to preserve it. Honestly, is it really that hard to go and get an artificial tree instead? In fact, an artificial tree is a ton better. It's less messy, it'll last you forever, and of coarse, it helps the environment. Or, instead if they can't cut it off completely I would make the available amount much smaller, and have it first come, first serve.
How it affects me: Not only does this continuing problem affect me, but it also affects our entire community. If you think about it back in the "caveman" times there were a ton of trees and now you look at all of our streets, and buildings and all of the wildlife we've destroyed over time. So, if over that amount of time we've already destroyed a lot of trees already what's it going to be like in the future?
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