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They'll all come Tumbling Down

Posted by Stephen Del Gaudio,
North Country explorer from Sayville, New York
February 17, 2014

While walking on Canoe Trial right on the outskirts of St. Lawrence University’s campus, it is easy to spot fallen and cut down trees. Fallen and cut down denote two separate ending for a tree with ladder being the result of humans in the forest and the more violent of the two. A cut down tree can be seen by the stump of that is still upright on the right side of the photograph. The natural aspect of tree death is seen in the center of the photo with the two that lay on the forest floor. A first thought would be that humans have ravaged he forest but that is not true. While the trail shows signs of human interference, the fallen trees tell a different story. They show that humans are not really affecting forest beyond the trail. The trees were not removed or chopped up so the forest remains largely untouched and left for the wildlife, as seen by all the little tracks in the snow. This safe haven could offer a prime spot to study animals and organisms in their natural habitat and how they slightly interact with humans.