我们州内的一些木材公司在砍伐树木时采取了完全砍伐光的过分做法,我对此感到不快,于是指派史蒂夫·史密斯率领一个特别小组去调查此事。
I was upset by what I thought were excessive clear-cutting practices by some of our timber companies and appointed Steve Smith to head a task force to look into it.
人口不断增加所带来的压力促使人们大量砍伐木本植物,因此许多城市和城镇周围的大片地区已经完全没有树木和灌木了。
The increased pressures of expanding populations have led to the removal of woody plants, so that many cities and towns are surrounded by large areas completely lacking in trees and shrubs.
因为每年115,000位观光者的到来,非法树木砍伐已经几乎完全绝迹。
Illegal logging has almost been eradicated, thanks to the fostering of alternative jobs such as mushroom-growing and tourism, which attracts some 115, 000 visitors per year.
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