Can spending time in nature improve your health and well-being? For those of us who love the wilderness, the answer is a resounding yes. But is nature responsible for these positive feelings or is there another explanation?

One infected log can lead to the destruction of thousands of native trees which then endangers our parks and surrounding ecosystems.

I want to share a thoughtful quote from David Haskell’s book The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature. The quote illustrates our changing relationship with forests. It begins by looking at nineteenth century forestry practices and how these have changed as the demand for lumber has grown.