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Ms-Pamplemousse t1_iwbzxe2 wrote

Reply to comment by VAtenkara in Surf’s up for Chesterfield’s The Lake - Virginia Business by Charlesinrichmond

The state park makes up just 3 percent of all the land in the county and is hardly sufficient to sustain the biodiversity we require. I would appreciate more info about the first part of this statement though.

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memorex00 t1_iwc0trh wrote

Thank god they warded that land into Pocahontas State Park. Imagine if it wasn't done?

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VAtenkara t1_iwc56i4 wrote

I’m not gonna be able to find a direct source for the forest part easily but knowing chesterfields (and for most part virginias) history from the 1800s-1950s our reliance on wood for construction and energy along with needing cleared land for farming use dramatically reduced the acreage of forests that we have today.

You can google vintage aerial photos of the area back to the 50’s and see how much land was cleared for farms and the lack of woods.

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