Canadians Drop the Ball

I'm not sure about accuracy of the map of protected lands in North America, which appears in the Spring 2009 issue off the Nature Conservancy magazine. But the paucity of protected areas north of the US border really jumps out. The northern forests need more protection as an article in Audubon magazine from September 2005 makes clear.

Quote of the Day

If we learn nothing else from this global mess of our own making, it should be apparent that what hurts one living being in earth’s family hurts all beings, and what damages one place on this planet damages all places. Thankfully, the corollary is also true: What helps one individual helps all, and what helps one location helps all corners of the globe.

Susan Clay of Houston, in a letter to Audubon magazine (March-April 2009 issue)

Late Winter Storm

Here are some of the 11 deer that were herding together in my neighbor's pasture (what's the technical term for this?) on the day after the snowstorm we had here on March 2. View is from my dining room window. By my account, this was the second biggest snow of the season. Today we got up to the mid 60s so most of the snow is gone.