BETHEL CITIZEN • July 22, 2021
Native or invasive, it doesn’t seem to matter. Either way, humans have a hard time allowing nature to simply be. Part of the problem stems from the fact that humans don’t live very long, and we want change NOW. Nature is always learning, adapting, changing but normally these shifts aren’t obvious during the brief span of a human life. However, today a number of main threats to biodiversity are finally being recognized, at least by some folks: Climate change, habitat destruction, overexploitation of nature’s resources, air, water pesticide, etc., pollution, and the introduction of invasive species. Virtually all these problems are human induced. Instead of focusing on invasives, let’s turn our attention to the mass of other problems that we have created, beginning with climate change which — unless addressed — is ultimately going to result in the demise of us all. ~ Sara Wright