Hummingbird vs. the Caterpillar

The Feb. 3 issue included articles on the remarkable history of Anna’s hummingbird and the beauty in hiking the open desert. Juxtaposed was Susan Carpenter’s cover story, “Throttle Rockets,” extolling the “stench of hot exhaust pipes” and flattening of plants. Is Outdoors about appreciating and connecting with our natural world or ignoring and destroying it? If it is the latter, may I suggest Carpenter next write about fun-loving folks at the controls of bulldozers removing mountaintops in Appalachia.

Tony Baker

Portuguese Bend