In article
,
Pat Kiewicz wrote:

Way Back Jack said:

I was a greenie, 1976-84, during which time I personally planted 1,000
trees. Of course, this area at the time was exurbia, not urban, and now I
guess you'd call it somewhere between suburbia and exurbia, altho this
particular valley is still mostly agri. I wonder how much my efforts have
contributed and will contribute to pollution. Maybe should've left the
area remain as meadow.

I'd worry more that you contributed to the loss of meadow habitat. In one
park I used to visit a lot (before I moved here) the meadows were slowly
being swallowed up by woodlands. What happens to the bobolinks,
meadowlarks, and grasshopper sparrows then?

Some people are too fond of trees.

Only 500 years ago, the land we call the United States was covered with
over 1 billion acres of pristine ancient, virgin, and native forests. A
squirrel could travel from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River
without touching the ground!
http://www.saveamericasforests.org/pages/educationafc.htm

[A]ccording to local lore, a squirrel could travel from Maine to Texas
without touching the ground.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/da-natchez-trace.html

One thousands trees is just a drop of water on a hot rock in an
environmental sense.

--
Welcome to the New America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg
or
E Pluribus Unum
Next time vote Green Party