I grew up in rural America, and you're obviously not. :) I'm very used to people around me gathering up acres of leaves to burn. Your argument is exactly the

I grew up in rural America, and you're obviously not. :) I'm very used to people around me gathering up acres of leaves to burn. Your argument is exactly the same as what's used by climate change deniers. America has forests, yeah. But half the country is dedicated to agriculture and towns. A lot of the untouched land is fairly mountainous or lacking in deciduous trees, i.e., not great territory for worms and insects. It's bizarre how people still deny obvious human actions having affects on populations of the little creatures below us. We know that their populations are dropping faster every year. Spraying poison and depriving the ground of nutrients are pretty strong candidates for causes.