Leading scientists accused of offering false hope on climate

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Yeah. I know.

Every new prognostication is worse than the last.

We have 12 acres of land, with mixed hardwoods & red, white & jackpines. On any given day we may see deer, turkeys, sandhill cranes, coyotes, etc. as well as the usual run of cotttontails, chipmunks, both red & gray squirrels & other small mammals. I have seen one badger and a few martens on our land. Our bird feeders service everything from pileated woodpeckers to chickadees.

I grew up in the pineries of N. WI and spent much of my free time since childhood in the woods. but we figure that our pine trees are among the living dead, as are the white birch & probably the balsam firs. We figure the maples will last a little longer, & the oaks are pretty resistant to climate extremes--if oak wilt or something doesn't get them.

I have a deep and abiding attachment to the natural world, and I just despair at what awaits us.