In New York State the Maple - Basswood forests have no animal indicator species. That doesn't mean protections for wildlife are not important. There are understory and herbaceous indicator species for this forest and I will begin to discuss them next week.

France

People are saying this is the very first time France has experienced deaths from a heat wave, that is not the case.

The climate crisis struck in 2003 and took the lives of 14,802 people. 

France rarely had heat-wave before 2003. There was little air conditioning in many cottages that had thick walls to cool the living space in the summer and maintain the heat inside in the winter. Those thick walls heated up from the outside to the inside in the summer of 2003. People died of heat related deaths in their own homes.

The climate crisis is upon us and if we don't address this now, the years ahead will be devastating in the effects of weather and people will die. They may even die of water shortages. 

The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a matter of survival and already people around the world are losing the fight.

This assault on life has to end and it has to end now. This is not politics, but, the leaders of democratic countries MUST address greenhouse gas emissions and plan for changes in energy and transportation. The future does not belong to the older generations. The future belongs to the young adults and their children. It is time to make way for them and secure a planet free of deadly weather. Enough. The young people and their children MUST have a safe and happy future.