Letter to the Editor

Of bark beetles and global warming

The hearing Sens. Mark Udall and John McCain conducted recently in Estes Park concerning climate change and our national parks was reported by some as a “proof” for global warming. Having attended the hearing myself, I found that to not be the case.

Throughout the hearing it was obvious that both senators assumed anthropogenic carbon dioxide is the primary reason for any changes that occur to our local climate. That assumption, however, was never substantiated or allowed to be challenged.

The panelists scheduled for the hearing also talked as if they had no serious concerns with…