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2022-08-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Tree-hugging world championship took place in Arctic Finland

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Posted by Fred 2022-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 When Lewis and Clark headed west they found the Great Prairie, a vast grassland. As humans in numbers moved in they brought with them their trees. You can see the islands and oasis of human habitat by the groves and forest of trees they planted. Even largely abandoned villages and homesteads today still sport their flora.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-22 06:19|| 2022-08-22 06:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The tribes on the western prairies regularly started fires to keep trees and bushes from taking hold, making it far easier to spot the prey they hunted.

Hard to see bison or pronghorn in a woods.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-08-22 07:50|| 2022-08-22 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 How many celebrants flew in?

Climate activist Steven Spielberg's private jet has burned $116,000 worth of jet fuel in two months

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-22 08:04|| 2022-08-22 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 today we have the National Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to do that work.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-22 08:18|| 2022-08-22 08:18|| Front Page Top

#5 is that the qualifying round to move on to tree humping?

Posted by Cholutle Thrans9751 2022-08-22 11:20|| 2022-08-22 11:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Did Greta make the podium?

Posted by Raj 2022-08-22 12:10|| 2022-08-22 12:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Nothing like spooning with a spruce to save the planet.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-08-22 12:40|| 2022-08-22 12:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Re #5: that's too funny. Gives a new meaning to Woody Woodpecker.

Posted by Spanky Omutch8427 2022-08-22 14:57|| 2022-08-22 14:57|| Front Page Top

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