Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1908 — Turkey’s Bad Forestry. [ARTICLE]

Turkey’s Bad Forestry.

Forestry is neglected by the Turkish government, as witness the following remarks by an explorer: "The most marked feature of all this eastern district Is the entire absence of wood, from any natural condition, as trees would evidently grow in most parts, according to species and altitude limits, but owing to the willful destruction and neglect to replant Firewood now comes four and more days* journey to Erzerum and is In that city the most expensive household necessity, while across the border, on the Russian side, there are magnificent pine forests. This regrettable destruction extends all over Asiatic Turkey, square miles of forest being burnt where as many square acres of clearing near some village are desired. Around villages great walls of magnificent logs rise up and around fields also, so that soon no forests will remain except in the most inaccessible mountains.’’