Local Context.
Locally.Throughout the past 200 years, Illinois has experienced serious deforestation. Trees have been cut down to make recreation areas for the population. In some place you won't see a tree for miles.
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The forests in Illinois assisted in building the urban areas in Illinois. By the year 1923, only 22,000 acres of virgin growth forest were left in Illinois. Less than 1/10 of the original forest exists today.
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