I decided that today's SJR story on the Arbor Day's reassessment of central Illinois' hardiness zone needed a snappier headline, so I came up with the one above. Chris Young skirts around the edge of climate change, and leads with the pleasant idea that "[p]eople may be able to plant their favorite trees farther north than they could have a mere 15 years ago," without noting, of course, that as species shift into Springfield from the south, that means that species already in Springfield will shift north out of town, as well.
Nonetheless, it's good to start seeing reporting on the concrete effects of climate change in our area.
ALSO: And as always, check out the comments for a good time. My own contribution was the wish for a "Prairie Day" to go along with Arbor Day.