No Christmas Crab this Year

The commercial Dungeness Crab season opening has been postponed because they are not ready for harvest.  No Christmas crab for dinner this year (2017).

What if the same was said about trees?  Trees that enrich our living rooms and also create many of our living rooms.  What if there were no trees growing to replace last years Christmas tree or to build homes?  What if there were no trees to shade a stream or rest under on a sunny day?  Would a plastic, aluminium or steel Christmas tree work just as well?  Likewise would a steel, glass and concrete home be as warm as resilient to an earthquake?

The reason you do not (and I hope never will) hear the same thing about trees is that they are planted and growing and will be there when you need them.  There are laws and “best management practices” that require replanting when a portion of a forest is harvested.  When you look at a forest it is much more than a static picture, the trees are growing.  This winter when there is no Christmas crab available, know that if you live in a forested area there are trees growing taking their place in the sun.