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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Deforestation in the United States
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article only has two sections about the deforestation issue in the U.S with both sections not covering recent issues in America. The first section was about after European colonization, and the second section is about previous issues. Both sections have minimal writing, and not much information given. This topic seems like an important topic to have information on, so I believe that it needs more information added to it, which has been easy to find with numerous articles on the issue.
 * Sources:
 * https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/USA/?category=summary&dashboardPrompts=eyJzaG93UHJvbXB0cyI6dHJ1ZSwicHJvbXB0c1ZpZXdlZCI6W10sInNldHRpbmdzIjp7Im9wZW4iOmZhbHNlLCJzdGVwSW5kZXgiOjAsInN0ZXBzS2V5IjoiIn0sIm9wZW4iOnRydWUsInN0ZXBzS2V5IjoiZG93bmxvYWREYXNoYm9hcmRTdGF0cyJ9&location=WyJjb3VudHJ5IiwiVVNBIl0%3D&map=eyJjZW50ZXIiOnsibGF0Ijo1My4zODMzMjgzNjc1NzAwMywibG5nIjotMTE2LjYzMDg1OTM3NDk5OTYyfSwiY2FuQm91bmQiOmZhbHNlLCJkYXRhc2V0cyI6W3siZGF0YXNldCI6InBvbGl0aWNhbC1ib3VuZGFyaWVzIiwibGF5ZXJzIjpbImRpc3B1dGVkLXBvbGl0aWNhbC1ib3VuZGFyaWVzIiwicG9saXRpY2FsLWJvdW5kYXJpZXMiXSwiYm91bmRhcnkiOnRydWUsIm9wYWNpdHkiOjEsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWV9LHsiZGF0YXNldCI6InRyZWUtY292ZXItbG9zcyIsImxheWVycyI6WyJ0cmVlLWNvdmVyLWxvc3MiXSwib3BhY2l0eSI6MSwidmlzaWJpbGl0eSI6dHJ1ZSwicGFyYW1zIjp7InRocmVzaCI6MzAsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWV9fV19
 * https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/deforestation-facts-and-statistics
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169404005347?casa_token=oC0Ts44AS3EAAAAA:4RIf4j_iPzIekHkFnd9KfMcHq-vycdiU1miSoOr4vikKOqzrd7NNMyGsHkcxg3vAczmADyJM1pdA
 * https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/1051-0761%281999%29009%5B1305%3AFFTPIO%5D2.0.CO%3B2?casa_token=bH54KHe7jXwAAAAA%3A2OsRx-8qoD-j0rEGqFdSasYq8vEROzEuJBkpIcAiMLp3t5wfLlZ-KQrK1tbZxb_-vA9dEugSy1BJQnZ4-w
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169404005347?casa_token=oC0Ts44AS3EAAAAA:4RIf4j_iPzIekHkFnd9KfMcHq-vycdiU1miSoOr4vikKOqzrd7NNMyGsHkcxg3vAczmADyJM1pdA
 * https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/1051-0761%281999%29009%5B1305%3AFFTPIO%5D2.0.CO%3B2?casa_token=bH54KHe7jXwAAAAA%3A2OsRx-8qoD-j0rEGqFdSasYq8vEROzEuJBkpIcAiMLp3t5wfLlZ-KQrK1tbZxb_-vA9dEugSy1BJQnZ4-w

Option 2

 * Article title: Environmental impact of cannabis cultivation
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article has only one section on the topic, but multiple sources. Also, it was made in April 2020 with the last edit in June of 2020. I was able to find multiple scholarly articles on this subject with plentiful information that I think will be important to add. I would like to add a section on indoor vs outdoor growing and also the scientific research on this issue.
 * Sources:
 * https://daily.jstor.org/the-environmental-downside-of-cannabis-cultivation/
 * https://www.pharmout.net/environmental-impact-of-cannabis-crops/
 * https://multco.us/sustainability/environmental-impacts-indoor-marijuana-production
 * https://www.pharmout.net/environmental-impact-of-cannabis-crops/
 * https://multco.us/sustainability/environmental-impacts-indoor-marijuana-production

Option 3

 * Article title: Illegal mining
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article only has a brief summary and two sections on this topic with only two regions of the world being mentioned. I would like to add more information on other regions who illegally mine and also add information to the existing sections. I would also like to add more data on this subject because there is not many statistics in the article.
 * Sources:
 * https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africatoday.62.2.3?casa_token=QzmtBfy1EjsAAAAA%3AgyIxDLzruSoXEYm_rwTEEXkGEsEkEiFDqpxFmzVrw6lpxVkJYJlEawxxDzfJP5dpg3Nu9qSk8Ci7ZzPFY_Zli0sQrbz3QfXbG2b2-CjD35SjuBdgoxOMPw#metadata_info_tab_contents
 * https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/peps-2013-0053/html
 * http://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/1376/
 * https://www.fws.gov/international/wildlife-without-borders/africa/illegal-mining.html
 * https://www.csis.org/analysis/illegal-mining-venezuela-death-and-devastation-amazonas-and-orinoco-regions
 * https://www.usaid.gov/peru/our-work/illegal-gold-mining
 * https://www.csis.org/analysis/illegal-mining-venezuela-death-and-devastation-amazonas-and-orinoco-regions
 * https://www.usaid.gov/peru/our-work/illegal-gold-mining

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