end of May

One of the things that is happening with the trees is that some of them are turning fall colors - in spring! This is a sign of "decline" which is a sort of forestry industry pseudonym for "death".

Oh, where did I put it but someplace or other, I read that the US Forest Service translated their count of dying trees to only include standing timber, and not count those that had fallen, which artificially reduces the percentage of dying trees. They have been engaged in a grand conspiracy to suppress the real information about the state of our ecosystem, because if they reported it accurately, there would be a hue and cry to address the root cause - climate chaos thanks to burning fossil fuels and OH WE CAN'T HAVE THAT.

Here's a wild video, I have no idea who from, that makes you think, or at least laugh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s0ksq44jKA&feature=player_embedded