Knowing Our Place

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SVT Executive Director Ron McAdow's "Knowing Our Place" feature has appeared in 40 Community Newspaper Corporation outlets. Ron's most recent entry is below, to read the entire article simply click on the title.  To read past editions of the column, click on a category from the list in the left margin.

Managing Habitat for Climate Change

If we do not reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, by the end of this century...perhaps our state bird, the Black-capped Chickadee, will be displaced by its cousin the Carolina Chickadee. Photo by Donna Moy-Bruno
            Massachusetts' climate has changed dramatically over the past twelve thousand years. Plants and animals that like cold weather pursued the ice sheet northward. As centuries went by, tundra-like conditions warmed, becoming suitable for evergreen forest, then gradually, for the trees we have today. As the vegetation changed, so did the animals that relied on it for food and shelter.