One big issue with just letting the land go wild is invasive plants and shrubs taking over. Take a look at himalayan blackberries in the Pacific Northwest – the

One big issue with just letting the land go wild is invasive plants and shrubs taking over. Take a look at himalayan blackberries in the Pacific Northwest – they smother everything else out of existence. A lot of restoration work is really just pausing the ecological succession at some beneficial stage. This is essentially what native Americans did; they 'gardened' the earth to support a diversity of plants and wildlife that was sustainable, and beneficial to people. [1][2] In terms of incorporating solar panels into a more 'wild' habitat, Agroforestry offers a good model. There are a lot of shade tolerant shrubs, etc, that are grown under a canopy of taller trees. [3] Silvopasture, which is a subset of agroforestry, uses grazing animals to obtain the best of both worlds – the animals play a part in sustaining a diverse ecosystem that's also beneficial to people. [4] 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39020.1491 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39020.1491 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6411373-whole-earth-discipline https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6411373-whole-earth-disc... 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvopasture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvopasture