2017  saw scores of hyperbola, opinion and fact pertaining to climate, change  and redwoods.  After hearing both sides, it was apparent nobody can predict the future. But a few tried and fear was a common thread. Personally, I would like the old growth redwood forests to last forever. But realistically, the future is unknown.

Therefore, what is the most indisputable evidence we have available? Climate change today is merely a repetition of past, except it’s  a drop in the bucket compared to historic ages of the past. “Mother Nature” has killed, destroyed and erased  more species and coast redwoods than any logger  on record. She is the heavyweight champion that knocked down more redwoods and destroyed more burls than any human can imagine.  So why haven’t environmentalists condemn  mother nature the way they have done to loggers?

If we pay close attention to history and maps, mother nature has virtually wiped-out the coast redwoods which used to grow elsewhere in the United States and parts of Canada, Asia and Europe. People today point the finger that 95% of remaining old growth coast redwoods were cut in the 1800s and 1900s. But mother nature already took the title belt, leveling 99% before the Roman Empire arrived on the scene.

So if mother nature is so good and wonderful, and her plan is erasing coast redwoods, doesn’t that make loggers her medal-winners and Save the Redwoods her enemy? Because only one side is going against what mother nature has been working on for so long.

Much of what I just wrote is Devil’s Advocate. But not entirely. What I want to expose is some human nature where people become so affectionate of their surroundings,  they would oppose natural forces and change to the end of going bankrupt. In other words, mother nature will continue great and dramatic changes even if we didn’t exist. People who don’t accept or realize this truth will cause great headaches for society. This reality is why extremists will  collide with an immovable brick wall at some point in time.

It’s more honest to agree that coast redwoods should be preserved because we like them a lot. They are beautiful, we enjoy them and the trees are undoubtedly spectacular. Redwoods also serve benefits. So if this forest can be preserved by moderate methods and reasonable costs, that’s a good plan. But if humans completely close their minds to nature’s power to change the planet, they will probably cause plenty of unnecessary conflicts.

Sea levels have changed. Ice caps and thickened and thinned. Mountains have risen and eroded. Dinosaurs appeared and vanished. Change is real. Opposing change entirely must boil down to selfishness, ignorance or fear.

The final note … appreciate what’s available and take care of it, but don’t step in front of mother nature.

Lost Mans Fault Coast Redwood