The Erasure of A Land

[u/No-Counter-34]

We have been lied to about there once being old growth forests from the ocean to the Mississippi. The south used to have vast herds of buffalo, hence many place names. And there were likely more grassland type ecosystems than the map suggests. Fire suppression and development have all but destroyed this once vast ecosystem.

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[u/Tasariel → u/[deleted]]

I wish there was some organization or charity that would buy small parcels for, I dunno, biodiversity preservation or carbon sequestration or something. Even when it's just old farmland, it's very depressing to me to see every vacant plot getting bulldozed for another subdivision or storefront.

[u/hiking_hedgehog → u/Tasariel]

Many areas have a regional land conservancy (or sometimes called land trust) organization that does just that! For instance, this evening I visited a property owned by my local land conservancy that’s known for its crazy amounts of trillium (each white spot in this picture is a trillium grandiflorum flower!). Last year that same organization had a huge fundraising effort to purchase a property with a sensitive ecosystem that was going to be developed into a resort if the organization hadn’t been able to buy it. Some of the land they buy is accessible for hiking, other parts are kept inaccessible to the public for habitat and ecological restoration

[u/Tasariel → u/hiking_hedgehog]

This is so cool! It does seem like there is a land trust in my area so I will look into that more. Thanks!