Losing Nature’s Services

Above: April 9, 2007

Above: August 15, 2007

Here are two photos, the first from April 9th and the second from August 15th. Precious little has happened at the development site except a few loads of fill dirt was delivered in April and early May. For most of the spring and summer, the only thing that has happened is that the lack of trees has not allowed for the absorption of carbon dioxide or mitigated the air temperatures at the houses nearest the site.