Captain Pablo,
You sure put a lot of words in my mouth and jumped to a lot of conclusions. I think we need to clear a few things up. So lets go one by one.
Where did I say "only" in an urban environment? I didn't. I said urban environment because that's what we were talking about. Many people, especially ITL developers in Houston, treat trees with little respect. That statement is supported by the number of developers who cut down trees without city permission. I believe trees deserve great respect.
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Where were you when all the forests were being leveled in east Texas?
Uh......not yet born since all the first growth forests were cut by the 1920s. That said my wife and I are east Texas folk who know the Temple (Temple-Inland) family quite well. The Temple family are responsible for saving/donating thousands of acres of long-leaf pine property. The Temple foundation is a very conservation minded entity that has donated millions of dollars to conservation. Furthermore............my wife sold a lucrative business to work for east Texas conservation causes. She's the one that banded together east Texas land owners along the Neches River to successfully fight the city of Dallas' plans to build a reservoir and flood thousands of acres of hard wood bottomlands. She has even written a book published by A&M press about the Neches River. You won't find too many people in Texas who have done more to save trees and habitat than my wife.
As to the rest of your questions.............well..............they're just more of the same nonsense really.