Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 06:36:11 -0400
From: carole henry
Subject: forests/trees
Our mature trees protect the ground from washing out and drying out. Almost twenty years ago an adjacent property owner had his land clear cut. When a huge storm came, my property became a river from the wash out from that property and it washed out the next neighbors driveway. My dam/driveway was held together by the trees I let grow. The end of my barn, which was on the other side of the my dam, was washed away. Since growth has come back on that neighbors property, the wash out is less when the storms hit. However should they have paid for the damage their clear cutting did to their neighbors?
Our environment is a wake up call to what is happening around us. It seems only people who live in rural areas and/or work in the environment have noticed what is going on.
What has been happening in the last few years has alarmed me. This year I see the damage being done by mankind all the more. If anyone has been paying attention, our trees do not have the foliage they had in previous years. The ground is dry in spite of all the rain. Pastures are not as lush as they were. The ground conditions on my pasture which is mostly clay is as dry since early April as it usually is in Aug. In spite of all the rain.
The spring area on my property that is moist in the winter and early spring months is dry. My pond is spring fed and has never gone down since it was built. I hope this continues in spite of the drought. However never in the thirty years I have been here has the spring area been this dry so early.
Has any one noticed how the sun is magnified when that chemical haze collects in front of it? When normal clouds and haze is between the sun and earth, the suns rays are blocked. Does anyone remember what a fresh breath of air smelled like Tasted like?
Now we will have companies coming into our environment who will be taking millions of gallons of our water, lacing it with toxic chemicals and dumping it back into our environment and it will be against the law for us to know what is being dumped back on us.
Wonderful what money can do.
C