Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
16 FEB, 2012, 12.17PM IST, IANS
Drought kills 5.6 mn trees in US state
HOUSTON: An estimated 5.6 million trees were killed by last year's devastating drought in the US state of Texas, authorities said Wednesday.
The estimates also mean that as much as 10 percent of the state's urban forest was wiped out during the drought, according to Texas Forest Service.
"This estimate is preliminary because trees are continuing to die from the drought," said Pete Smith, Texas Forest Service staff forester who led the month-long survey of the tree mortality. He said the number may not be known until the end of 2012, reported Xinhua.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...mn-trees-in-us-state/articleshow/11910187.cms
Drought kills 5.6 mn trees in US state
HOUSTON: An estimated 5.6 million trees were killed by last year's devastating drought in the US state of Texas, authorities said Wednesday.
The estimates also mean that as much as 10 percent of the state's urban forest was wiped out during the drought, according to Texas Forest Service.
"This estimate is preliminary because trees are continuing to die from the drought," said Pete Smith, Texas Forest Service staff forester who led the month-long survey of the tree mortality. He said the number may not be known until the end of 2012, reported Xinhua.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...mn-trees-in-us-state/articleshow/11910187.cms