TREES IN TROUBLE Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change

Narrator Jamie Hanes's conversational style punctuated with grave notes fits perfectly with this environmental clarion call. Mathews focuses on western pine forests as a microcosm for the dangers to all native trees from fires, beetles, industry clear-cutting, environmentalists who refuse to allow any burning or logging, and the constantly climbing temperatures. Narrator Hanes conveys the awe of a raging fire that burns an entire town in a matter of minutes. Yet the evolutionary adaptation of the lodgepole pine requires that very fire to release pine cone seeds for propagation. TREES IN TROUBLE is so chock-full of fascinating stories and facts that it's occasionally hard to keep up, but the overall message on the dangers of climate change comes through loud and clear. A.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2020]