Annotated bibliography

Final Draft
Creager, Reid. “North Carolina's Fading Forests.” ​Charlotteobserver,​ Charlotte
Observer, 27 Mar. 2016,
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/science-technology/article67735547.html​.
​This is the first article that I discovered when researching this topic and it seemed to
me like it was very reliable due to the fact it was published by the newspaper of the city
that I live in and the author seemed to be very well informed on the topic. I also find it
very interesting that this was more than just an article that went straight to the point and
addressed some of the misconceptions. The more local that the information I can find
the better, this felt like to me it was the best option when it comes to reliable information.
Also this article does ask the reader to look around the areas that they live and that can
really be a good thing when it comes to getting the word out there because this is a big
paper that a large amount of people read. May be a possible contact that I may need to
look into when it comes to my project and trying to make myself heard so that
something real can be done. Also this article addresses something that I have noticed
on a number of occasions that a very large amount of people may not realize that
problems like climate change even happen somewhere close to where they live like in
charlotte north carolina where the problem seems to be specifically deforestation. Also
in this article the author speaks of a pine tree that is iconic in North carolina known as
the “longleaf pine tree” that is among the many trees that are fading and I feel like this is
a sign that will hopefully open up some people's eyes to the severity of I . Also The fact
that this article has something as strong as this will definitely hit the readers all
differently because they may now be personally invested based on their knowledge of
this states tree and that can be vital in writing a paper in hopes to persuade the reader
which is why I found this article vital to include in my research.

Griffith, Rhiannon. “Deforestation in North Carolina Areas.” ​Prezi.com,​ 26 Sept. 2016,

prezi.com/lsr7faqu_ojr/deforestation-in-north-carolina-areas/

I felt that this presentation was a very interesting way to address a local issue such as
deforestation and that this presentation is a very good way for the youth and the
younger people who are interested in the topicand may want to be more informed on
the situation. Also Rhiannon does a very good job at explaining the goals of the energy
companies for example who are burning trees for energy possibly not realizing the
damage they are causing, giving us a view of the corporate side of this issue. One of
the main reasons that i used this source was because all of the other sources that I
gathered were articles from companies and stuff like that very official but I felt that this
one was written by one of us and when I say us I mean the people who are trying to
inform others who may be interested in the topic and wondering like I was a few years
ago, is this problem even real and will it ever affect me? I discovered that the problem is
more than real and has been here for a long time, that's why I used this source because
when reading it, it seemed as if the author was also just realizing this problem was real
and felt that it was sad there was nothing that seemed to have been done to slow this
down or to stop it. Another thing that was interesting to me with this presentation is that
the creator of it was not only making a presentation on climate change and the
deforestation going on here but many other problems going on in many other places
and I feel that the more research you do the more qualified you are to become
considered a reliable resource for somebody to include in their own paper. Another
thing that compelled me to include this presentation is the fact that it was more than
likely written by a student and something I gathered after reading it is that it was done
for more than just a grade and was seemingly written with some sort of personal interest
at least and being the reader i could say that if I was not already compelled to write a
paper on it then after reading all of that i would have been which is what i hope for my
paper to be able to do.

“NC Forest Data.” ​North Carolina Forestry Association​,

www.ncforestry.org/nc-forest-data/​.

This was quite possibly the most important source that could have been used when it
comes to getting the right facts together for a research paper​.​ This page has all the
facts of the forests here in north carolina and this had the best information and possibly
some that I even missed because this had so much information in it. Some of this is
even a little too much and hard for me to fully understand. While yes I do appreciate the
information that I can gather here and better my research papers, that is what
everybody does including those companies that are cutting down the trees, they look at
the numbers and probably make it seem as if there is no problems and may use these
numbers in their defense when people say approach them with this issue. While I may
not want to use these numbers they may just be the best information i can use because
it provides my paper with the facts that it needs to prove that there is nothing anywhere
that supports the idea that deforestation is doing no damage to our community and our
ecosystem. If there ever was a source you could find to prove that something that is
being done to our forests is unethical but also unlawful then it would be here although
the more reading that was done into all of this information the more it seemed to be very
vague when it comes to the regulations that are placed on companies and all of that.
This source was important for me to include and to look into because the last thing I
want to do in my paper is go on and on about things that matter and then somehwere i
there say something that is not factual but that would make sense , so I am using this
site as more of a fact checking site for my paper that I am going to help me make sure
that I am saying things that are totally truthful and making my paper better in so many
ways.

Christensen, Norman L., and William H. Schlesinger. “N.C. Forests Are under Assault;
Gov. Cooper Should Help.” ​Charlotteobserver,​ Charlotte Observer, 14 Nov. 2017,
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article184561713.html​.www.charlotteobserve
r.com/opinion/op-ed/article184561713.html.

This source was a very interesting one to me because it was one where the author
started by mentioning a letter that is being sent to the governor about this problem in
our state. This really hit me because this is one of the first signs to me of somebody
actually taking some sort of action, this is a person who has done the research already
and who was able to script a letter to a governor addressing these problems which is
why the rest of this article ott me was important to include with my research in aiding me
to feel good about the information I had gathered. This article also has more than just
the point of view of the author because really there are several authors and they are all
involved in relaying all of the facts and the information that was gathered informing all of
the readers in different ways and also reading all of thee especially this one makes me
think about the structure of my paper. Although the paper itself must be written by me
and the fast and opinions will all be my own i think that this article maybe made me think
of what other people may think of m paper sort of writing this as not only a research
paper but maybe with the intention to inspire others to do the same thing and have their
concerns maybe even about other topics heard. I felt that the information in this article
was very well organized and although the information i may have found was not
completely new i really did admire the layout and felt that helped me realize that the way
that i am structuring my paper which is the same topic really is very important in how
people are reading it and taking in the information i am trying to relay to them in a
specific persuasive sort of way. Another thing that this site did that not many others did
which I felt was very interesting was a it touched on how old many of these trees are
and at first I was a little confused as to the relevance of that but then me being the
reader began realizing that these trees are like small pieces of our history , they have
been here through it all and we are just cutting them down, it made me feel sort of
attached to the reading which is one of the main goals of my paper.
Hubbard, Amanda. “North Carolina Forest Service.” ​North Carolina Forest Service​,
www.ncforestservice.gov/forest_health/current_concerns.htm

This article i found very important to use because it addressed a problem that my topic
faces that I may not have even realized without seeing this one. This article really is the
first one to actually start off by addressing the problems that this will be causing more of
the smaller aspects and the future issues that will become a problem very fast . Once
these sort of things are being noticed in this article it really has become too late to do
much. One of the first things that we would notice is a lack of our water and that is a
topic that I will not address here because it is more of a sub top[ic in my paper and just
something smaller that people may start noticing before they realize that all of the trees
that used to be in their area are gone. I feel like this article out of all of them is the one
that may have reached the audience the best because it is really saying the things
nobody wants to hear but that everybody needs to hear. Although every article and
presentation I considered was an upsetting thing to read this one is the most upsetting
to me because it just really got me thinking back to the reason i even decided to do this
because the amount of people contributing to the problem compared to the amount of
people speaking out or even taking action is honestly very disturbing because this is
such an important issue not only locally but globally. The info that I read over in this
specific article helped me realize the extent of information I may need to include,
weather it is mainly facts and information or mainly my opinion and reasoning for writing
my paper. This page is the north carolina forest page and is more interested not only in
protecting the trees that we have from the big companies cutting them down but the
diseases that are coming here killing the trees, the insects that are bad for the trees, I
guess this one was important to me because it makes the reader realize how much
work really must be done, sure we can stop deforestation but then what, I like the sense
of purpose that this read left me with and i hope that i can do the same with mine​.