Deforestation has been having a major impact on the karns community as of late, and has interfered with the wildlife and forests within karns. Many staff and students of Karns High school don’t know that it has reached the karns community, if nothing is done it could affect families in Karns and endanger wildlife.

Visibly, there’s new construction sites opening up near the school, tree stumps can be found, and other remnants of cut down trees can be seen all on the way to Karns High School. Not many people are aware that deforestation is happening near the school.

“I did not know that it has reached us,” Chris Hartsfield says, “it’s bad, and we need to be sure we plant trees where we dig them up.. it takes away wildlife and parks”. 

The karns community needs to try to prevent deforestation within the area, the community should encourage businesses to have more environmentally safe standards as well as starting more sustainable projects, before the forests become a lot of factories.

Along Byington-solway road there can be found a multitude of twigs, broken branches, and more caused by deforestation, most remain unaware that deforestation has reached their homes, the construction crews are chopping down trees to make houses. 

“It’s not a good thing in general,” Chris Ottinger, a principal at Karns High School said, “we need to work as a community, and have green spaces for the people who like the outdoors.” 

The karns Community has remained oblivious to the deforestation happening around them, Take High-school students for example they are on their devices, which draws their attention away from the problems happening in karns, Most middle school students also remain oblivious due to their screen time.

 All in all deforestation is a huge topic that needs to be addressed and not let it stand by, people need to start doing their parts like caring for the environment by using less gas, it pollutes the air the Karns community breaths, many People have switched to electric vehicles which saves the amount of greenhouse gases produced by oil used by cars