US Loses a Football Field of Forest Every 2 Minutes

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By By Dennis PillionNov 3, 2026, 5:51 pm68 ptsTrending
The newly launched U.S. Forest Monitor tracks satellite imagery to document forest loss over time. By Dennis Pillion A new satellite tracking system finds that the United States has lost 350,000 acres of forest land per year—a rate of approximately one football field every two minutes—which is the…

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