Man vs Nature

[Michigan Swamp Buck]

My property is 40 acres of hardwood swamps. It was a mature woods 25 years ago, but I've had it logged several times. Opening up the woods caused an explosion of natural diversity. I won't go into detail, but a mature hardwood forest is far less diverse. I've changed a lot here, yet in some 50 years, if no one does anything to the property, it will be back to what is was pretty much.

I feel the most damage to the ecosystem here is gypsy moths and the emerald ash borer beetle. All the ash trees are dead and fallen over, it's a mess out there.