This has got to be a troll, right? Basic succession ecology. Just how do you think forests came to be in the first place? You realize we have already wiped o

This has got to be a troll, right? Basic succession ecology. Just how do you think forests came to be in the first place? You realize we have already wiped out, basically, whole species of old-growth hardwood forests here in the US (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_chestnut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_chestnut)? Where do you think those forest came from? Have you ever seen an empty lot for more than a couple of years? Take a look at pictures in Michigan after the exodus there.