Buckeye Forest Council

I enjoyed listening to David Maywhoor speak about the Buckeye Forest Council and their efforts to help stop local deforestation. I had no idea about the extent to which this problem exists in Ohio's public forests. His statement that this was public property that was being destroyed using public funding really struck home with me. Most people do not realize exactly what their taxes are being used for. I had no idea that money from our paychecks were being used for things like clear cutting and controlled fires to get rid of particular vegetation in our public forests.

When he spoke about how they used to say that a squirrel from Pennsylvania could travel to Indiana without touching the ground by using trees, it made me sad to think about what this are must have used to look like compared with today. I like that the Buckeye forest council is trying to maintain our existing wooded areas even if we will never regain all of the original missing trees and habitats in our local environment. This project seems like a worthy cause and I am interested in helping out after listening to David Mayhoor speak about it.