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The Rainforestby Janet Spencer

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As our thoughts start turning to spring, come along with Tidbits as we explore a place where there is no spring, no autumn, no winter only perpetual summer: the jungle rainforest.

JUNGLE FACTS• Why is the jungle so diverse? 30million years ago,

the area that is now the Amazon jungle entered a long dry period. The tropical rain forests growing there at the time were wiped out, and only isolated pockets of jungle surroundedbyvastgrasslands remained.Eachpocketofjunglefolloweditsownevolutionarycourseoverthousandsofyears.

• When the climate once again became warm andwet following the last ice age 10,000 years ago, thedifferent types of jungle grew together again, with each forest contributing many different species of plant and animal.

• As a result, theSouthAmerican forests are themostdiverseintheworld.Whereasmanytemperateforestsare composed largely of just a few species of tree, in the Amazonyoumayhavetotravelamileormoretofindtwo trees of the same species.

• In anyNorthAmerican forest it is rare to findmorethan15 speciesof tree in theentire ecosytem. In theAmazon,afive-acreplotmaycontainbetween100and250differentspecies.

• In the northern deciduous forests of the temperateclimates,everytreedropsitsleavesatthesametime,triggered by the change of seasons. Thus, each year the forestfloorreceivesahugeboonofnutritiousnewdeadmaterial all at one time. This stuff gradually turns into rich soil.

• But in the tropical rainforest, no change of seasonoccurssonomassiveleafdropeverhappens.Tropicaltreesdrop their leavesgraduallyover the entireyear.The unending heat and moisture of the climate spur the growth of bacteria, insects, and fungi, which consume

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• Monday, March 14th- PI day!!! Spelling Contest in Revillo 1 pm. • Tuesday, March 15th- ECC North Band Festival in Waubay, prac-tice starts at 10:00 am, concert at 7:00 pm. • Wednesday, March 16th- No NTHS multi. Jump Rope for Heart Kick-off at 2:30 pm. 6:00 pm supper, 7:00 pm Worship at Hope.• Thursday, March 17th- No NTHS multi. BBB State in Aberdeen.• Friday, March 18th- No NTHS multi. No staff day. BBB State Tourney in Aberdeen.• Saturday, March 19th- BBB State Tourney in Aberdeen. 6th, 7th and 8th Oral Interp in Milbank. • Sunday, March 20-9:15 am Sunday school, 9:30 am Coffee time, 10:30 am Worship at Hope Lutheran. All are Welcome.

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The parade featuring the St. Patrick's Day Queen and Grand Marshal will start the celebration at 4pm!

March 15 - Deuel County Democrats meeting at 6:30pm at the Sports Page in Clear Lake. Election of new officers, dinner available.March 16 - Youth of St. Mary's Catholic Church will present "Living Station of the Cross" at the church at 7pm. The puclic is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served following the presentation.March 17 - St. Patrick's Day Pie Auction will be held at the Community Center fol-lowing the parade. Pies and donations can be delivered to the Community Center starting at 12:30 on the 17th. Sponsored by the local board of Deuel County Memorial Hospital.

the material and cause it to decompose quickly, convertingitintonutrientbuildingblocks.

• Theprocessofdecompositionwhichtakesbetweenone and seven years in North American forests(depending on climate) takes only six weeks in theAmazon.Nutrientsareimmediatelyusedagainby the many growing plants. The deep rich soil thataccumulates in temperate forestsneverhasachancetocollectintheAmazon.TheforestfloorintheAmazonislikeahugelivingstomach.

UNENDING RAIN• In temperate forests, it usually rains only

sporadically, but in the Amazon, it rains daily. Millions of years of daily rainfall combined with constant heat leached the nutrients from the soil,

leavingithighinaluminumandironoxideswhichare responsible for the soil’s characteristic red color. The soil is highly acidic and unable to support much plantlife.Withouttheconstantfallofdeadmaterialfromabove,thedirtisworthless.

• Sotheecosystemoftherainforestisup-side-downin comparison to other forests: the nutrients are storednotinthesoil,butinthelivingcanopy.Whenthe forest is cut and burned, the only nutrients left are in the ashes.

• Afterthetreesarecutdowninatropicalrainforest,nutrients in the soil disappear after only a few harvestsofcrops,andthesoilissoonlostentirelytoerosion,nevertobereplaced.Oncetheforestiscleared,itisextraordinarilydifficulttoreversethedamage.

THE DESTRUCTION• A forested landscapeacts as a living reservoirbytrappingrainfallandreleasingitslowly.Inthedensejungle,thecanopyissoheavythatthewaterfromadriving rainstormmay take10minutes to reachtheground.Rainiscaughtbyleavesandtrappedinhollowswhereitevaporatesgradually.It’ssuckedup by roots and it soaks into soil that acts like a sponge. Rain feeds underground springs.

• Butwhenthelandiscleared,rainfall isnolonger

absorbed.Therearenoleavesandbranchestoprotectthegroundfromthepoundingrain.Waterrunsoffimmediately,takingthesoilwithit.Exposedtothesun, the ground becomes an unproductive hard-packed cement. The small amounts of nutrients in the soil are quickly leached away.

• A2.5acretractofhealthygrowingrainforestwillloseanaverageof threepounds(1.3kg)ofsoil througherosion annually. Cut the forest, however, and thesameareacanloseupto34tonsofdirtinayear.

• Halfoftherainthatfallscomesfromwaterevaporatingfromtheforestbelow.Withnoforest,thelanddriesquickly and offers no moisture to be turned into more rain.When the forest is gone, the rain is gone too.Drought,erosion,andfloodingresult.

• It’sbeenestimated that theAmazonproduceshalfofalltheoxygengeneratedbylandplantsonEarth.Withouttheclimate-moderatingeffectsoftheforest,temperatures would rise. Rainfall would plummet. Loss of the Amazon could cause a change in the globalenvironment.

THE INCREDIBLE AMAZON• Covering about 2.1million squaremiles of land,theAmazonrainforestisabouttwo-thirdsthesizeoftheU.S.TheAmazoncoversapproximately40%of the SouthAmerican continent. If theAmazonwere a country, it would rank 9th in size

• Around60%of theAmazon is inBrazil;13% inPeru; 10% in Columbia; and six other countriessplit the rest.

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• TheAmazoncomprisesalittlemorethanhalfofthe world’s rainforest, and a third of the world’s forestsoverall.

• TheAmazon harbors the densest variety of lifeon the planet, hosting over 40,000 plant speciesincluding16,000kindsof treesalone,aswellas1,300typesofbird,3,000kindsoffish,about430mammal species, and an incredible 2.5 million kinds of insects.

• Researchers estimate that they have discoveredand cataloged only one-sixth of the species thatliveintheAmazon.

• Aplotofrainforest100acresinsizemaycontainas many frog species as can be found in all of NorthAmerica.

• MorespeciesoffishliveintheAmazonRiverthanintheentireAtlanticOcean.

• Over100typesofplantscanbefoundgrowinginthe branches of a single mature tropical tree, along with1,700kindsofbugs.Fiftydifferenttypesofants may inhabit a single square yard of jungle floor.

• TheAmazonRiver is theworld’s largest river byvolume.ItoriginallyranwestwardintothePacificOcean,butastheAndesMountainsrose,itshiftedcourse and now runs eastward, draining into the AtlanticOcean.

• TheAmazonRiveris4,000mileslong(6,400km)andonlytheNileRiverislonger.Ithasover1,100tributaries


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Amazing AnimalsANTS

•Intermsofsheernumbersofindividuals,antsareamong the dominant species on earth.

•Ants,whichevolved fromwasps,areperhaps themost highly developed social insects. There areabout400differentspeciesofantintheU.S.alone,andabout15,000speciesworldwide.

•Tofindfood,atypicalharvesterantwillgostraightout from the nest for up to 50 feet (15 m), andthen startwandering.When it finds food, instead

of following the round-about trailback to the nest, it will head for home in a beeline, thus refuting speculation that all ants follow a scent trail home. If thesoil in front of an ant is scraped away orcovered,theant

willcontinueitsdirectcourse.However,iftheantis placed inside an enclosure from which it is unable to see surrounding landmarks, it will lose its way untiltheenclosureisremoved.Furthermore,iftheant is picked up and transferred to a new location, itwillre-orientitselfwithouthesitation,unlessitisput down outside the area in which the ants of that colony forage, in which case it will wander about, lost.

•Ants may use large landmarks to find their wayhome,aswellasthepositionofthesun.Ifanantis entrapped in a box in the dark for an hour, when it is released it will strike out again in a direction different from the original direction by an angle equaltothenumberofdegreesthesunhasmovedduring the hour.

•Somespeciesofantsdoleaveascenttrailtomarkthewayback to the food.Whena foragermakes

a discovery, it becomes excited and secretes anodorous substance from the abdomen as it returns tothenest. Otherantsfollowthetrailtofindthefood.

•Oneresearcherwasabletoproveconclusivelythatants will follow a scent trail to food. The scientist placedfoodnearananthillandcoveredthedistancebetweenwith sheets of paper. After the first antdiscovered the food and rushed back to the nest,he replaced the original paper with fresh sheets. When theants swarmedout toget the food, theywereunabletofindit.

•Another naturalist devised a test that proved thatantscanmeasure,estimate,andcommunicate.Hechopped a grasshopper into three parts: a small section,amediumsection,andalargesection.He


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St. Patrick’s Day the Traditional Way

I read an interesting nationwide St. Patrick’s Day survey recently, which found that regardless of family roots or Irish heritage, the holiday is more about food and family than drinking. More than 30 percent of respondents said they celebrate at home or at the houses of friends and family mem-bers. Less than 14 percent of those who participated in the survey cele-brated at a bar or local pub.

If you’re planning to celebrate the holiday at home, my traditional St. Patrick’s Day menu is easy to prepare ahead of time. The main course is a Lamb Stew with Root Vegetables and Pearl Barley with a side of Northern Irish Potato Bread. Here’s a little his-tory about my traditional Irish menu and recipes:

IRISH STEW: This dish origi-nated from the old ways of cook-ing over an open fire. A good Irish stew should be thick and creamy, not swimming in juice. Adding potatoes and pearl barley gives the stew body and makes it a hardy, main-course meal. Carrots are typically added for extra color and interest.

The authentic Irish recipe calls for mutton, which is usually an older lamb with a tougher texture of meat, which made it perfect for stewing. I suggest using lamb from Australia, which is read-ily available at most American grocery stores. It’s juicy, tender and raised to a specific size and weight that produces a quali-ty product that is nutritious, slightly leaner than beef, and less expen-sive than American domestic lamb. Australian lamb typically is grass-fed, and has a phenomenal flavor and tex-ture. To learn more about Australian lamb, beef and goat, or for more deli-cious Australian lamb recipes, go to

www.australian-lamb.com.NORTHERN IRISH POTATO

BREAD: Northern Ireland’s love of the potatoes is part of a rich legacy of dishes, including this recipe for pota-to bread (also called fadge or farls). Typically, this bread recipe incor-porates leftover boiled and mashed potatoes.

Try these traditional Irish recipes and use Australian lamb to add a modern twist to your St. Patrick’s Day menu

Lamb Stew With Root Vegetables And Pearl Barley

2 pounds boneless Australian lamb shoulder, trimmed of fat and cut into bite-size pieces 1½ teaspoons salt 1½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided 1 or 2 medium Irish or white potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1/8-inch rounds 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/4- inch rounds 2 large yellow onions, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup pearl barley 4 cups water or chicken broth 2 tablespoons chopped, fresh parsley

1. In a medium mixing bowl, toss the lamb with the salt, pepper and flour.

2. Heat 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a 4 to 5-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add half of the lamb, and brown on all sides, about 7-8 minutes total.

Remove the lamb to a bowl and repeat with the remaining oil and lamb. Remove the second batch of lamb and add it to the bowl.

3. Add the onions to the pot, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the gar-lic, potatoes, carrots and the remain-ing teaspoon of salt and pepper. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasion-ally. Return the lamb to the pot with the barley. Stir to combine.

4. Add the water or chicken broth and bring to a boil. Once boiling, decrease the heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed and the lamb and barley are tender. Five minutes before the stew is finished, add the parsley. Stew will be thick. Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pep-per as desired.

Northern Ireland Potato Bread

1 cup mashed potatoes 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or Irish butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup flour plus more for sprin- kling

1. Place potatoes into a large, micro-wavable bowl. Mix in the butter and salt. Heat on HIGH for 3 to 4 minutes or until warm. Mix in the flour until the mixture turns into a dough.

2. Split the dough into two equal pieces. Sprinkle a cutting board with the remaining flour. Roll the dough on the floured board to create two circles about 1/4-inch thick.

3. Cut the circles into quarters. Brown on both sides on a light-ly greased hot griddle or heavy bottomed pan about 5-6 minutes. Serve warm with stew.

***Angela Shelf Medearis is an

award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-

to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes may not be reprinted with-out permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.

© 2016 King Features Synd., Inc., and Angela Shelf Medearis

King Features Weekly Service

March 7, 2016

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