[Terrapreta] Tree planting -- a bit more

[Jim Joyner]

Wow, sorry I missed the all-night party last night.

Lou, You all seem to have covered trees and COs quite well. I have an
opinion but no more to add. But, I would point that there are other
reasons for planting trees.

At present I am reforesting fields and parts of fields I inherited from
another generation (and building "leaky dams"). The fields are too
sloped to ever be very productive for one thing but, more importantly,
trees hold the water back and provide good water shed for more
productive fields and the folks that are below me. It time, these trees,
as demonstrated in a few places in southern California can actually
change climate for the better. Desertification is a process proceeding
at a rapid pace world wide and it ain't all about CO2.

It's all well and good to talk about taking carbon out of the atmosphere
but if you don't link this with a concept effective water shed, you may
find these efforts go for naught.

Jim