sure, we still have trees but the virgin forest ecosystem holds so much more than just a nice looking forest. One example: the original mycelial mat which acts as the neural network of the forest moving nutrients from tree to tree. Farewell natural heritage, at least we had Teddy Roosevelt to save portions of our natural beauty through the National Park System, otherwise there’d be a roller coaster in Yellowstone Canyon by now.

virgin forest land in the United States over the years