6. Describe how the forest has changed between 1984 and 2010. Is there more or less mature forest in the area? How would describe the regrowth area compared to the mature unlogged forest?

7. Next, open Google Earth, and go to Mt. Rainier, Washington. You can see Mt Rainier in the bottom left corner of the full sized images. Zoom out in Google Earth until you are in the same extent at the satellite photos. Describe what you see in the Google Earth image forest cover compared to the images from 1984 and 2010. How have things changed? What looks the same? Make sure to talk about both regrowth areas and unlogged areas.

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