| Each year, the forest community plants 1.5 billion tree seedlings in the United States — that’s more than 5 new trees for each American, and nearly 2,000 for every bear.
 There are 747 million acres of forest land in the U.S. Most forest products (things made from trees) are recyclable.
Trees are a renewable resource. We can plant more trees, and we do!
Forests are oxygen factories. To grow a pound of wood, a tree uses 1.47 pounds of carbon dioxide and gives off 1.07 pounds of oxygen.
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Ginkgo trees provided food for dinosaurs , and yet they can still be found in backyards today. The single, oldest living thing on Earth is a tree, a 4,700 year old bristlecone pine tree in Nevada. It was growing when the Egyptians built the pyramids.
More than 5,000 things are made from trees: houses, furniture, baseball bats, crutches, fences, garden mulch, books, newspapers, movie tickets — even clothing, carpeting and toothpaste.
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About one-third of the United States is covered by forests.
America’s forest and paper companies are committed to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) program, which balances the need for forest products with the need to protect and conserve our environment.
More trees are grown through replanting and natural regeneration than are harvested in the U.S. each year.
Thanks to today’s new technologies, close to 100% of a tree can be used — with hardly any waste.
Sawdust and wood shavings, saved from manufacturing wood products, are recycled to help make paper grocery bags, corrugated boxes and other products.
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