An open letter to HerschelWalker 'from an arborist whose grandfather built tree rows to tame the Dust Bowl, an arborist who is also an old veteran, and is worried sick about the world his daughter will inherit.' The message: 'Trees are not the enemy.'
. You may remember that old saw, “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Time for an update: those who don’t know history are unable to repeat its successes. We need to remember with great pride when Americans worked together to heal a badly wounded land, to lift millions out of poverty, and to soundly defeat the genocidal ideology of supremacism.
witnessed a hill blowing away. As his train pushed its way through the eco-disaster of his time, FDR, a man who believed in his country—a man who was not afraid of creativity—came up with a plan to beat the Dust Bowl. FDR envisioned astretching from Montana down into Texas, trees that would form a living shield to protect the fragile topsoil from the killer winds. It was an audacious plan, one requiring teamwork between the federal government, state governments, and local citizens.
As we look at the daunting task of taming climate change, it makes sense to listen to some of the better angels of our own past. The Inflation Reduction Act was created in remembrance of the time when the Civilian Conservation Corps employed over 2.5 million people in environmental restoration, including tree planting. The CCC tamed the Dust Bowl and lifted millions out of poverty.
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