In the 1940s, the United States Forest Service allowed construction of roads and buildings in areas of the North Country that had been protected by the United States Resettlement Association. (Who had no power over the decision because the USRA had given jurisdiction to the USFS.) Obviously infrastructure can be devastation to the natural world because societal development can tear apart ecosystems that have been thriving for thousands of years. I chose this photo because I feel passionately about fixing the damage humans have done to nature in the North Country. However, seeing this dead ash tree with a mushroom thriving on it reminded me that even when one species dies, another can use the dead organism for nourishment and the ecosystem continuities to thrive. The mushroom is a technically a parasite that uses the nutrients and glucose that the ash tree produces. I think it's a very beautiful thought to remember that nature can correct, or at least improvise, some of the negative impacts of humans.