I urge people to read The Secret Life of Trees (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28256439-the-hidden-life-of-trees https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/282564

I urge people to read The Secret Life of Trees (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28256439-the-hidden-life-of-trees https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28256439-the-hidden-life...). This guy says "This is why we only need to irrigate our forests for about 20 years — once they reach maturity, they will influence their local biome and bring self-sustaining rains.", but, according to the book, most trees are still basically adolescent at 100 years. I love the idea and am an active supporter of rewiliding myself, but you need to understand the timeframes of what you're working with.