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> Do you think these places were less impressive/worse 10K years ago when they had forests and lakes? And why must we preserve them in current desolate state in
by wcarron 7y ago
> Do you think these places were less impressive/worse 10K years ago when they had forests and lakes? And why must we preserve them in current desolate state instead of restoring to the older state when they could sustain more life?
I don't even know how to address this. Are you suggesting that DV was "covered in trees" or heavily forested 10k years ago? That is irrefutably incorrect.
> Death valley doesn't even have any features that would be lost because of trees unlike for instance rainbow mountains in china.
What? Again, you've never even been there. You have zero idea of "what features would be lost". You expose your ignorance more and more with each sentence. Educate yourself on the history, geology, and ecology of the area before you talk out of your ass about places you've never been to.
- chr1 7y agoNot heavily forested but covered by a lake and vegetation very different from current one with many juniper trees see for instance ihttps://www.jstor.org/stable/41424512?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/41424512?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manly https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manly. Do you believe it have always been a very arid desert? I have never been to death valey, and i live far enough from it to make traveling there not worth the time. But with the invention of books, images, and videos one doesn't have to be at a place to know about it. You seem to have a very strong emotional attachment to the place, but i would argue that it only adds bias to your judgement.