That Brazil: always thinkin'

ARTICLE: Looking ahead, Brazil's farmers take up reforestation, By Juan Forero, Washington Post, November 23, 2009

Again, Brazil intrigues by showing a real ability to think ahead on stemming deforestation.

Time and again I find myself struck by the innovative thinking and ambitious foreign policy coming out of that rising power.

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[Steven J.]

Like many towns in America, our's also has a historical society that has saved photos that show aerial shots of the city at different locations during different time periods which depict that time period.

It is interesting to witness over time the now absent rail lines that once ran through the lumber yard and the stock yard, to the growth and hustle and bustle of downtown and then to downtown's stagnation as business and industry migrated to our major highway artery.

But what is most striking to me is the deforestation of the city and surrounding areas from early 1900's which transition into reforrestation and soil conservation practices we see today.