"A Story of Wood"
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/a-story-of-wood/
This article gives a brief history and assessment of the lumber habits and needs of the US. While it concludes that we are starting to supplement our need for softwoods with "weed" wood press-board, I wonder if we are doing it soon enough. I mean, think about it; Easter Island was not always a grassland.
