I really enjoy spending time in old-growth forests.
I admire the sights, I love the sounds, and I like that old-growth forests can make a human feel small, yet still important.
Old-growth forests once covered large areas of land in North America, but these forests are far less common today.
As a result, we might find ourselves imagining things that aren’t entirely true.
We might believe, for instance, that North America was an endless expanse of old-growth forest at the time of European settlement. We might also believe that North America’s old-growth forests were — and still are — untouched and free from disturbance.
But how much of what we believe is true?
In the following video, I explore a few old-growth forest myths and discuss why our modern perceptions often miss the full story.