In the sagas, the mention of woodland disputes indicates that even early on, the forested areas were viewed as some of the most valuable land anyone could own. I have heard it estimated that all the forests were virtually gone by 1000.

I thought the article would mention more of the mainland (Canadian) experimentation in colonizing. These agricultural limitations were not a problem in "Vinland". It was the Skraelings.

Vikings seem not only to have "sucked" at conservative agriculture, but also in political relations: and the North American Indian populations outnumbered them thousands to one.