1857 map of Kansas

1857 map of Kansas

6130 x 6158

‘Squares inside of a square

It’s almost like farming works best in a square, to maximize effective space and construction of roads and fences

You’ve obviously not been in the eastern part of Kansas: it includes the Flint Hills, and the Osage cuesta ecoregion, especially the northern sections, are anything but flat. Triangles, circles, and other geometric shapes are harder to construct without there being leftover space, and let’s face it: land was money even back then. The decision to lay out the grids were simply a convenience to the surveying technologies of the day that made it much easier to lay out straight lines rather than follow the contours of the land, which probably would have made more sense as far as long term land management practices….’

Native forest in Australia, by crown cover class (2018)

Native forest in Australia, by crown cover class (2018)

3509 x 2481

‘Woodland forest: As a National Forest Inventory cover class, native forest in which the tree crowns cover between 20% and 50% of the land area.

Open forest: As a National Forest Inventory cover class, forest in which the tree crowns cover from over 50% to 80% of the land area.

Closed forest: As a National Forest Inventory cover class, forest in which the tree crowns cover more than 80% of the land area.

-The last category has possibly been renamed, but could fall under

Other forest: A National Forest Inventory forest category that principally comprises non-commercial plantations and planted forests that are not reported through the National Plantation Inventory but that satisfy the definition of forest.

‘Other forest’ includes agroforestry plantations, sandalwood plantations, environmental plantings, plantations within the reserve system, and plantations regarded as not commercially viable. Non-planted forests dominated by introduced species are also included in this category.’