Mudslides

Over-harvesting of trees is the leading cause of mudslides. When it rains, entangled tree roots absorb moisture keeping the surrounding soil in place. This perfect system prevents mud from sliding. Trees provide canopy shade, beauty, nourishment, air; and are needed to stabilize the soil and our environment. We risk the travel of a slippery slope, when we remove the tree and its stump.

Mudslides occur usually as the results of a heavy rain on an incline where trees were removed. Conversely, dust storms happen when trees and its roots are removed from flat land; there is nothing to hold the soil in place. Therefore, soil blows in the wind.

 

SOLUTION: Limit the amount of trees that are killed. The earth gives forth several mature crops per season of strong and enduring weeds. These weeds have been used for millennia for everything from making medicines, furniture, fabric; they, also, have the ability to provide sustenance.

Whether hill or plain, life on earth is all about trees!