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>go to nature reserve
>place is actually an old farmstead from 20+ years ago
>meadow is an old overgrown field
>wetland is a pond created when a small stream was dammed
>forest has an open canopy and diverse understory because it was regularly thinned
When will we get finally over this whole "REEEE LEAVE NO TRACE!!!" shit? None of these habitats would have existed without prior human modification, otherwise the area would be mediocre overgrown woodland that we already have everywhere and supports less species.
It's clear that we are able to make positive changes to the local ecosystem so why aren't we doing it more. The idea that nature is hecking perfect and we have to leave it alone is just agencies sounding virtuous while they sit on their asses doing nothing and wasting our tax dollars. That's why I don't really give a shit if their funding is being cut.
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>>2870856
Leave No Trace has nothing to do with how agencies or local gov or whatever manage land. Its just a campaign by a nonprofit of the same name to get visitors to high traffic areas of public land to not fuck shit up. It has nothing to do with arguments about developing or not developing natural resources for recreation.
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>>2870856
Well for one, it's because it's hard to plan for the proper result without running into some far reaching and horrific oversight. Ecosystems are very complicated.
Besides that, the first post got it right and that's not even what Leave No Trace is about.