"A Forest Returns"

After watching this video I was glad to see that it is possible for a forest to regrow in an area that it was destroyed. I had no idea that Wayne National Forest was not there at one point. I just assumed it had always been that big and full of tree growth and what not. This is a perfect of example of what should be happening to the forests in the mining communities after all the devastation takes place from the mining. It is terrible thing to see a forest get destroyed because of all the life and homes for different species that it brings. So to watch this video and see that it is possible to grow a forest again once where there was so much destruction and a barren landscape. It obviously would be better if that never had to occur in the first place, but at least the forest grew again. The old man who told the story seemed so happy that the forest was there again, and it was incredible to hear his story about how the forest was not there at one point. It was great to hear the story from someone who had a great knowledge of the area and went through it from no forest at all, till what is now Wayne National Forest.