I realize that after 90 some odd years of "Best Evers" we have killed quite a few young pine trees in order to destroy the snakes. Is there a replanting program in place? I mean seriously how many trees are killed each year for this? Not only does it seem we're driving the snakes out of Rolla, but the conifers as well.

TREE HUGGER ALERT!!!!!!

Everybody get him!

This is why I'm transferring. You people are raping nature.

Say it aint so...you are transferring b/c of this!?!?!? Do you not watch the news? This is happening ten-fold in almost every state and country in the world.

I know this. But UMR, and industry itself, is at the core of the problem. I have a lot of other reasons as well, but the industrial profit mentality of this school is one reason.

Trees=Renewable Resource.

More will grow. No shortage in the Ozarks. Especially pine trees, which grow pretty fast.

As far as the industruial profits go, not all of us are this way.....i'm not anyway.

I only say this because I've been on a shillelagh seeking adventure. We walked approximately one mile to finally get to where there were conifers in the woods. And I remember a comment like "there used to be trees all over this woods; now you have to walk all the way back here to get one.
It just kind of shocked me, and I would think we would advocate replanting in spots since they are certainly disappearing from this area.

I wonder who made the comment "there used to be trees all over this woods." Who's been here long enough to really know if there used to be conifers all over the place? I guess an alum could come back for St. Pats but what the hell are they doin trudging through the forest looking for a pine tree. It just seems like in any given situation like that, someone always makes the comment that someone else said it didn't use to be like this.

I can remember when LA wasn't so covered in smog like it is now. j/k

yay for tree huggers and yay for transferring.

Well, I for one live in a little bit drier climate than this, and so many people make the argument that we can't grow the trees fast enough to catch up with out production. That isn't entirely true. Tree farms are becoming more and more popular, which is where we get most of our paper products from. If you have ever been to some of the more dense regions of States like Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, and the like, you will note that there are plenty of trees for whatever we need them for.

Plus, another good solution to the tree problem is using hemp instead of trees. It grows much faster, easier to make into pulp, and can be made fairly strong. And no, hemp is not the same thing as marijuana, it is a cousin, but contains 0.01% of the stuff that makes you high, as opposed to like 15% in the marijuana most people smoke. I am not clear on the numbers, but that is the data I remember on an argument i once took part in during high school.

Yup, that's me on both counts. MU here I come!

Im from western nebraska.... you all have too many fuckin trees... yeah for choppin them down so i can see a wayse!

hell yeah, look me up when you get here!!!

The dude that said it knew an alum who told him this. Also it would seem like just the kind of bad PR we don't need if someone was to write an article about how we're clearing out the pine trees in the area. Right now the value added to society is in the negative unless you count the aeration our lawns get during snake invasion. I propose we do something like for every 1 tree removed we plant 2. That way it is shown as an improvement to the area.

Also Nebraska, I have a friend from Alaska and he said he wishes your state was plowed over by a glacier... again.

LOL that is sooo freakin awesome. That should be framed.