@townie_guy Said
Today me and all the people I work with went to a national trust woodland area for the day. We had to clear some tree's that are a threat to the other plan life in the area. I cant remember what they were other than they had purple flowers and some had lime disease.
My question is should we be doing this. Are we interfering with natural selection. Its ok us clearing away this stuff so other tree's and plants can survive. B8t this is an unnatural interference. Shouldnt we just let nature take its own course and not interfere.
It was howeve a good day out in the countryside.
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charge the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
A good topic for discussion Townie. Thanks for raising it.
When I lived in a place called Gosport, as a student, I visited a local nature reserve called The Wildgrounds. It was an idyllic sort of place, but even to a casual observer, it was quite clear that the place was managed.
This was packaged conservation, not nature in all her glory. When I later saw one of the staff, I asked the same question that you ask above and the reply I got was that if nature were allowed to run amok, then it wouldn't be long before certain species of plant or wildlife became dominant to the detriment of others.
I was told that a carefully maintained "balance" was not only achievable but desirable so that people could go there and enjoy seeing nature at work.
Only.... it wasn't nature at work, was it..? It was man at work, producing an image of what we'd like nature to be... that we can "enjoy".
I never went back there again.
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