In 1902, Pennsylvania began buying nearly treeless, fire-damaged land for just 18 cents to $2 an acre; decades of replanting added more than a million trees and helped build Promised Land State Park

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• Pennsylvania bought nearly treeless, fire-damaged land for Promised Land State Park between 1902 and 1904, paying 18 cents to $2 per acre.
• The land had been clear-cut by lumber operators, causing erosion, worse wildfires and lost wildlife habitat.