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Originally Posted by treevet  Hope the mrs. doesn't try to find a way to prop me up and hold me up with cables when I am dead and rotten. The "cause to save the dead tree" beyond comprehension. |
Let me rephrase this post for clarity. "Trees have dignity" (Shigo). And to top or disfigure a tree in the name of (?) or to prop up a carcass in the name of something or someone is demeaning.
Beyond this point there is only so much energy and/or funds for things at hand. During the day I hate (hate) to have a log roll off the truck that we loaded. Energy was Wasted. Given a ration of water on a hot day there is a glass it is poured into. This glass is overfilled and it is wasted unused and never to be reclaimed. There are causes and there are people who take up causes. This wasted energy and misdirected (ostensibly good) intentions being wasted on this when it could be directed towards saving live trees, improving live trees, planting new trees with this energy and funding. It is a travesty.
In my area all the energy, funding and research is being directed towards saving a few individual ash trees in the midst of an infestation when it could be entirely spent on containing the spread of the killer insect. It hurts to watch this esp. as it appears to be fueled by the dollar as usual. Sometimes you just assume that people around you have good intentions. Are entomologists vocationally dedicated to saving trees? It is something to think about.