Activity in high forested areas
Within my hometown I had noticed that the students who had a forest, near their house tended to be more active, and enjoyed being outside more than the students who lived in the city or in a large subdivision. As a child, I was always outside playing in the woods in my backyard. I feel that growing up playing in the woods has led me to be more active than some of my peers who grew up in city/urban environments. This has led me to hypothesizing that living with easy access to forests will cause the surrounding population to be more active due to increased access to exercise activity. Lewis County, Washington has an area of 6,309,842,400 feet^2. Of this land area, 51.96% is evergreen forest, 7.59% mixed forests, and 17.86 % is considered shrubs. Overall, this is considered a highly forested area when compared to other counties across America. King County, Washington is a similar size to Lewis County and is made up of 41.79% evergreen forest, 13.42% mixed forest, and 10.75% shr