History of land use is fascinating to me. I grew up and my parents still live in a house built by my grandfather. I love looking at old pictures and seeing what

History of land use is fascinating to me. I grew up and my parents still live in a house built by my grandfather. I love looking at old pictures and seeing what has changed or not changed in even that short 70+ years. And then to think how the land may have looked and been used in the years before that. I am in the process of building a home on land owned by my wife's family. They have only owned it for a short period of time, but the land has a rich history of settlements, logging, etc. I think we all have a selfish tendency to think of land and property as being at its best when we knew it most intimately. But the land was there long before us and will be there long after.