It is with a true regret that I wish to let those of you who are concerned with the declining state of our home world that: As far as I know, it has just been announced that the first documented case of the
death of polar bears due to the effects of global warming is confirmed.

As polar bears exist hunting from the polar ice, and as the warming of the polar sea and the air only allows the existence of ice farther out at sea; a female bear, with a yearling cub, entered the water to
swim to the ice...far out of sight.  The female adult made it to her
destination...nine days later after swimming 470+ miles, and losing 107
pounds of her body mass.  The cub was lost.

Can anyone explain to me how a species of such power and grandeur, that endures such incredible hardship as a way of life; where the young die within the first year of life to the tune of 50%...can possibly
survive as a species if the remaining 50% of their (usually) two cubs
is killed this way?  Yeah, rhetorical question, but I am still
wondering how this can happen during MY watch?  Despite all I try to
do...and get others to do to stop and reverse these trends?  This does
not bode well...

Standing At The Abyss

TREES

National and Regional Organizations and Agencies 

- TreeLink.org, a resource with links to innovative programs, fact sheets, local and national resources, research, and non-profit organizations
- Treesearch, a new database that allows access to Forest Service research publications online.

- National Alliance for Community Trees, a national coalition of organizations dedicated to the same cause - restoring community forests for the benefit of all people   

-  TreePeople, the Los Angeles urban forestry non-profit
-  Friends of the Urban Forest, the San Francisco urban forestry non-profit
                                                                                                                                                 
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- USDA Urban and Community Forestry Northeast region
- Southern Center for Urban Forestry Research
- American Forests
- National Tree Trust
- National Arbor Day Foundation
- US National Arboretum
- Green Infrastructure planning and conservation resource
- Low Impact Development Center
- Center for Watershed Protection

Locating a Local Arborist

Always use an arborist who is ISA certified for tree work.  Find an ISA certified arborist here.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. ~Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat