I took this photo less than 10 years after the deer fence behind was erected. Before it went up, the land behind was just grass, exactly like the foreground where he sheep are.
*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
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*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
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In the end, they are doing the same thing and really don't care what we call them! 🤣
I took that photo just over 4 years ago, and it already was a (young) forest then.
Nothing more.
https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem/
Surely the process can be accelerated by planting those same native species.
Street View has the former entrance looking like this. I don't think anything was human planted.
It's the long strip of land running up to the Kings Lynn ferry car park.
The odd invasive rhododendron ponticum is just pulled out.
A cynic (especially one who used to work in An Roinn Airgeadais 😉 ) might suspect it's a lucrative source of local employment and profit.
I now put my tiny herd of Dexter cattle (usually 3-4 animals) in there for a few weeks in the winter, when the leaves are off the trees (so natregen isn't affected).
Goats would easily eat it all if they were let back though
Sutherland
Scottish highlands
We have to seed and maintain areas like this
Far too often tubestock is used up front without first giving the natural seed bank an opportunity.
https://bsky.app/profile/irishrainforest.bsky.social/post/3llirl777rk22