People are embracing nature and the trend is vital to return Earth from it's climate crisis.

Cultures of the past where humans survived always included a reverence for nature. That needs to return to the priorities of the USA. Don't ask me how we were the people that developed and made into law "The Endangered Species Act," but, we did and Americans had esteem globally because of our moral character and love of nature. It is time to reclaim that heritage and make it part of the American culture with reverence for our natural spaces. There is plenty of profit in tourism and photo safaris. We have to leave behind the gluttony of the oil culture. It is a must not simply a dream.

January 3, 2020
By Mark Sommer

Water flows along Hunters Creek. 

A 222-acre forest with old-growth trees in Wales (click here) has been saved from potential logging and subdivisions.

Mossy Point will become a nature preserve.

The Western New York Land Conservancy (click here), working with Friends of Mossy Point, announced Thursday that it had raised the $1.6 million it needed to buy the land before a Dec. 31 deadline.

“This campaign was a tremendous effort by everyone involved,” said Nancy Smith, the conservancy's executive director. “[We] came together to make this dream a reality. Since the Great Lakes contain almost a quarter of the world’s surface fresh water, it is so inspiring to protect a forest that enhances the quality of the fresh water we all rely on.”

As a headwater forest, the land naturally filters water from the Niagara River and helps prevent flooding in communities downstream....