forests

Boreal forest. Photo by Phil, used under Creative Commons licensing.

In this installment of this occasional series, we hear from Kennedy Warne, author of Let Them Eat Shrimp.

Ecological restoration is inspirational in the sense that you connect with the earth in a new or different way. I find that I reflect on the history—or what I believe to be the history—of the place I am working. My mind wanders to how this place has gone through changes. Did a stream flow through here, were populations of deer, elk, or bison ever present? Did Native Americans alter the site, use it for supplies, harvest food? Here I am manipulating the site to permit the land to heal. How far should one go in pursuit of the healing process? Where does one stop and why?

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