Redwood forest

If you are going to alter, or manage, an environment, you first have to know how it works naturally.

Here is an example: a forest of giant redwoods in northern California. You will see that the trees grow close together and shade the ground. If some were cut down for logging, much more light would reach the forest floor and new plants would grow there. Then what might happen?...


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