Deforestation not only effects the trees, but it also effects every plant and animal living in the area.
Because of deforestation, the Carolina parakeet became extinct in the early 1900s.

Trees grow to over 250ft and their trunks can reach 15ft across. They can also live for 500 years; because of this the Temperate rainforest have been heavily timbered.

Logging of the Temperate forest is a major threat to the biome and everything in it. In North America, Logging has devastated many temperate forests. Logging also ruins the soil. When trees that hold the soil together are cut down, the soil can be easily eroded. The ground under the soil is a mixture of clay and rock, which most plants cannot grow in.
Air is also polluted when the trees are cut down. Trees act as natural filters of pollutants from cities and factories. These pollutants, especially those that are released from burning petroleum products, can mix with water vapor and form acid rain. Acid rain can destroy a forest by killing some types of trees and leeching nutrients from rich soil. Although logging is permitted in some temperate forest areas, national parks have been established to save the natural beauty of these forests. Some examples of these popular national parks can be found all over Canada and the United States. Such as the Yosemite National Park in Cali, Great Smoky National Park in Tennessee, and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

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