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It's only a matter of time before the only places that wildlife can really thrive, is true wildernesses. National forests, big state parks, dedicated wilderness
by thehappypm 7y ago
It's only a matter of time before the only places that wildlife can really thrive, is true wildernesses. National forests, big state parks, dedicated wildernesses, and the like. Little community forests are just not good environments and there's little hope for small, isolated ecosystems to have much diversity.
- chrispeel 7y agoI am all for maintaining large true wilderness. Even so, I think it would be great to have many more "little community forests". My guess is that such forests would improve the diversity of all animal life the size of (say) a hawk and smaller. I also guess that the best path to a medium-sized community forest in an area without one is to start with a "little" one.
- abraae 7y agoI'm the steward of a small (10 acres or so) piece of land - small enough that I can hear human activity from most of it - and my leisure activity is trapping for introduced pests like rats, possums, stoats and weasels. It's hard to say exactly how effective my efforts are, but last month I spotted a wild kiwi on a trail camera which was truly exhilarating https://youtu.be/e_9bSw5yniA https://youtu.be/e_9bSw5yniA. Anecdotally I've also noticed an increase in birdlife during the day. That's given me the incentive to try for total pest eradication next year. Rats are the biggest problem.
- serpix 7y agowe are decades past that point. The biodiversity in national parks that have existed for longer are completely different to what an average person considers wilderness.