TREES = LIFE
One of life’s greatest wonders are trees. For over 27 years I have been fortunate living in the woods backing to the George Washington National Forest outside Edinburg, Virginia. Enjoying splendid forest cover I have developed a profound appreciation for trees. According to legend the first settlers thought they had found the “garden of Eden” and it was first called “Edenburg”. Years ago it was the home of this country’s first Civilian Conservation Corps in the center of the Shenandoah Valley. 85 years ago Franklin Roosevelt kick off one of his greatest New Deal programs here. Two million men were employed and planted almost three billion trees. Camp Roosevelt was were this Depression era revitalization program ( http://www.ccclegacy.org/ Camp_Roosevelt_68B9.php ) . Further west from where I live is where the seventh CCC camp was built in Wolf Gap. It has been estimated that about 5 billion acres of forest landscapes have been degraded. The annual economic benefits of rest