Rutgers old growth forest

[srru86]

WHYY Newsworks
A small patch of old growth forest with big lessons in conservation

 

[retired711]

WHYY Newsworks
A small patch of old growth forest with big lessons in conservation

In other words, "let it be" is not a good way of preserving what's old.

 

[Korbermeister]

In other words, "let it be" is not a good way of preserving what's old.

Not with the encroachment of human activity , no but without our unintentional influence, like say the Moon, a Let It Be philosophy has worked wonderfully

 

[retired711]

But you can see how much deterioration there has been in the forest in a time of no human activity.

 

[Korbermeister]

But you can see how much deterioration there has been in the forest in a time of no human activity.

I could be wrong but I think that a bunch of acres of forest in the midst of a metropolis would have a different growth pattern than the same bunch of acres of forest in the midst of a 1000 acre nature preserve than those same acres on an uninhabited island in the Pacific. Our effect on the environment shouldn't be underestimated.

 

[retired711]

You might be right, but notice the problem here is that invasive species displaced a lot of what was there. This is a problem even in isolated places. You are certainly right that there has been human impact; perhaps the point is that once humans have intervened, they have to figure out how to make things better rather than just abandon the place to natural processes.