Since 1971, the winter temperatures in the Northeast part of the United States have risen 2.8 degrees, and if current trends continue indigenous American maple trees may by 2100 all have crossed the border into Canada. In Vermont, the value of maple syrup production was $13.3 million, and the trees' fall foliage is a mainstay of the state's $1.5 billion tourist industry. Maple trees continue to provide over-the-top displays of color, and sweet syrup, even as they suffer the blows of pollution, disease and climate change. These trees are an important part of our American History and American economy, and to loose them would be detrimental to our country.
No on ever thinks about trees actually leaving, but they migrate with the winds and the temperatures. Maple trees in the Northeast have become a part of life for many Americans, many actually depend on them as a way of living and Vermont relies on them as tourist revenue. Its hard to imagine that we could pay a much larger price for maple syrup, and that a states revenue could be permanently decreased because of the loss of a tree. But by 2100, if actions aren't taken it will sadly become something that will be lost forever.
http://www.plentymag.com/events/2008/10/fall_foliage_and_global_warmin.ph
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