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...look so absurd they're almost cute. Naturally, the famous Amazonian piranhas and other such dangerous beasts show up and startle the audience, if not with their teeth then with their alien appearances. The mountains tower so high they threaten to break the sky-dome of the screen, the forest envelopes the viewer on all sides with its strange beauty and noise, and the audience can truly be lost in the wilderness of South America...
...process of operating a chip mill has been studied and does not in itself greatly damage the environment, said Jon Ellenbogen, co-director of the Southeast Forest Project, which organized the campaign. But the logging required to feed the chip mill may have significant effects...
...average chip mill can convert about 10,000 acres of forest into wood chips each year, Ellenbogen said...
Chip mills are able to use smaller or misshapen trees that are unsuitable for furniture or other forest products, providing a market for previously unmarketable trees...
Though the park is open to the public 365 days a year from dawn to dusk, the urban forests' visitor's center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and noon to 4 p.m. on weekends. The Arboretum is located one block northeast from the Forest Hills end of the orange line. But leave lunch at home--picnics, fires and barbecues are prohibited...