It's true, there is an over abundance of forests in 1.8.1, mostly completely decked out with vines but, do what I do, travel away from the forest to the nearest biome. You then have plenty of room and enough wood to last you a loooooong time.
I do think the trees have been 'overdone' a little but, like I said, there's away around it.
BTW, for the record, what's up with the enormo-trees? You know the ones that are so huge you can't reach the last wood block without a makeshift scaffold? Annoying much?
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