A couple of interesting “big picture” tree news items, both of them from Science Daily website:
- on the up side: scientists now estimate there are around 3 trillion trees on earth, up to 7.5X how many were sometimes believed to be.
- on the down side: humans have now eradicated half of the earth’s trees.
All the more reason to sustainably manage what we have, and private woodlot owners like BGWA members can make a difference in the world!
Bruce Grey Woodlands Association 
Thank Neil, groups like ours can do their part to help make a difference.
Here’s another thoughtful piece of evidence of what people are doing to our climate:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/03/3697620/expanding-global-dry-semi-arid-zones/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cptop3
Great information Neil! It is sometimes hard to know how our small pieces fit into the big puzzle. It is the accumulation of the small things though that make a big difference, and that is what our organization is up to