April 26 SALT seminar on environmental changes in the U.S. since 1492
Art Wirtz, former district ranger for the Mesa District of Tonto National Forest, will take a very broad perspective as he discusses how man has impacted the lower 48 states from that time of discovery until today and on into the future. Mr. Wirtz’s talk is the last presentation in the Superstition Area Land Trust’s speakers series, “The Superstitions: Part of the Whole.” It will take place at 6:30 p.m. April 26 in room B-117 of the Apache Junction Multi-Generational Center, 1035 N. Idaho Road. The series is co-sponsored by SALT and the Apache Junction Parks and Recreation Department,and is free and open to the public.
The “part of the whole” theme is appropriate, as the “whole” Mr. Wirtz will describe is national. Included will be some discussion of population dynamics, settlers’ need for natural resources, and the impacts of humans on wildlife species habitat and fire in the wildlands. Despite the broad approach, Mr. Wirtz promises to include a local perspective as well.