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Realization of Natures Significance

elationship between the wolves, deer, and plant-life on many mountains. The small amount of wolves feed off of the deer, and the deer feed off of the vegetation. By reducing the number of wolves, the deer population rises respectively. With that, the vegetation reduces enormously. All of the edible plants that gives the mountain it’s breathtaking color and beauty are destroyed. Habitats for many insects and animals are ruined. Leopold describes this tragedy occurring on several mountains he has visited and relates it to “someone giving God a new pruning shears.” This assembly line affect is described in Leopold’s essay when he writes: just as a deer herd lives in mortal fear of its wolves, so does a mountain live in mortal fear of it’s deer. He proves an excellent point when he illustrates the 2-year time of replacement for a deer, while a range of plant-life may take as long as decades to be replaced. The selection comes to a concluding point towards the end. This is that safety and comfort during the present may lead to devastation in the future. Leopold ties together the goals of the cowman and even politicians, to do what is convenient and not look ahead. Cowmen stop the wolves from doing their job, which is “to trim the herd to fit the range.” As an outcome, we now have dustbowls and even less vegetation. All the while, this destruction of wilderness is a convenience that brings “peace in our time.” We as humans, as visitors from the industrial world into the natural world, need to be taught the ways of land and the ways of life. We have distanced ourselves from nature for so long that we need to relearn the rules. We think we can walk right back into the natural world, establish what we believe to be ideal, and then re-make the rules to benefit ourselves. I think we humans are mistaken. I believe it is possible for us to slowly step back into the circle of l...

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