Don’t forget, the trees that the paper and lumber industry cut down are replaced by “better” (genetically) trees and the forests are better-managed to promote growth. Bottom line, our forests in the USA are not only healthier than they were when the USA started, there are actually MORE forests. People have been brainwashed that they must “save a tree” ... came from the same crowd that thought banning DDT would “save the earth.” ( How many times can these people be “wrong” and still be “believable”???) As for the trees, if you depend on trees for your living, you don’t cut them down and move on, you replant, replace and take damned good care of them in the process.(Example keeping undergrowth thinned, resulting in less fires, hence more healthy trees). The result is a better, more productive forest ... more growth for the treas and for your tree-growing profits! The MONEY makes the environment better!!! Amazing isn’t it? :-)
I guess because people do not see trees reaching full height in a year they think there is some big difference.