As trees grow taller, the stands provide more habitat for yellow warblers and other songbirds and more food for beavers, which in turn construct ponds that attract fish, reptiles and amphibians.
While reading that sentence above, visions of Disney's Bambi flashed across my temporal lobe.
What's resulting in re-forestation in the west?
If you are a proponent of reintroduction of wolves into the far west, taller trees are due to wolves culling the elk herds.
If you are a proponent of climate change, it is global warming that is resulting in taller trees, yellow warblers, other songbirds, more food for beavers, which in turn construct ponds that attract fish, reptiles and amphibians.
While other factors may play a role, from a changing climate to wildfires, more than a decade of research has confirmed earlier assertions that the return of Yellowstone's elk-hungry wolves has spurred new plant growth, he said.
And we're being told climate change is bad?
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