The thing is, unmanaged natural life is generally not compatible with human flourishing. Let the land go feral and soon you're looking at an unfathomable amoun

The thing is, unmanaged natural life is generally not compatible with human flourishing. Let the land go feral and soon you're looking at an unfathomable amount of ticks fed on unchecked deer who breed faster than anything can handle and infect each other with prions because the alternative is reintroducing wolves to the environment. And even the plant life is dangerous as unpruned, splintery trees drop branches in every windstorm, the brush periodically catches on fire, thorny or irritating plants proliferate and roots infiltrate and destroy nearby structures. It can take millennia to develop a stable, beautiful, all-natural environment, and there are sort of 'minimum size requirements' in the range of hundreds to thousands of miles.