Taking Wilderness In Hand

My initial thought for this article was; 'why do I care about the Torreya tree?' After thinking about it some more, I decided I really don't care about the Torreya tree, and upon further reading of the article, I found that Michelle Nijhuis, the author of the article, didn't give me any reasons to care about the tree. Nijhuis even admits the tree is small and scraggly and not much to look at. The only other thing I got out of this article was it is a great example of the 'small object large subject' topic. The tree is a small object, compared to the large subject of global warming and climate change.