Eventually nearly all the forest was cleared by the early 1900s.
The dead forest had been cleared from the west face of the ridge.
However nearly all the original forest along the Mississippi has now been cleared.
I believe the forest on the other side of the road is cleared.
In many areas the original forests have been cleared to make way for agriculture.
Once the forests had been cleared, the timber companies pulled out of the area.
In many areas, forests have been cleared to make way for cultivation.
By 1911 lumber production, from clearing native forests, became the most important industry.
The great forest which seemed to carpet the interior of India had been cleared away, at one time.
Its range expanded north as forests were cleared by settlers.