Damyang Bamboo Forests Threatened by Harsh Winter

This is to bad to see because Damyang is actually the best place in Korea to see bamboo forests and purchase bamboo products:

Damyang is known as Korea’s “home of bamboo” but these days, shriveled yellow leaves fill its once green groves. Research conducted by the county found that 90 percent of the total 14.87 square kilometers (4,447 acres) of land in Damyang County used to cultivate bamboo includes such withered specimens.

One grove in particular, 98,329 square meters near the Yeongsan riverbank, was being considered last month for listing as a natural monument, but it too is dying. Damyang County resident Kim Jong-tae said, “The trees at the outer boundary of the forest started to dry up towards the end of last month, but now it has spread to the rest of this area.”

Experts said that snow and cold weather this winter caused the problem, as snow melted on the plants, then froze during the night.

I know somebody wants to say it, it must be global warming.