the ache in my heart just doesn't stop
Sep. 11th, 2011 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threeplusfirehttp://www.statesman.com/news/local/final-environmental-toll-yet-to-be-reckoned-for-1833827.html
"The scale is too large for me to put in my head," said a weary Mike Forstner, a Texas State University biologist. "A significant portion of the Lost Pines ecosystem has been destroyed."
However, from nature's point of view, there were some caveats.
Scientists say the unique Lost Pines forest in Bastrop County will regenerate, as it has countless times over thousands of years — but not within the lifetimes of many of the people who made it their home.
It just aches, to know that almost the entire Bastrop state park is gone. When I drive down Highway 71 next month, my favorite curving piece of the road with its soaring trees won't be there. I can't even think about how much that will hurt.
"The scale is too large for me to put in my head," said a weary Mike Forstner, a Texas State University biologist. "A significant portion of the Lost Pines ecosystem has been destroyed."
However, from nature's point of view, there were some caveats.
Scientists say the unique Lost Pines forest in Bastrop County will regenerate, as it has countless times over thousands of years — but not within the lifetimes of many of the people who made it their home.
It just aches, to know that almost the entire Bastrop state park is gone. When I drive down Highway 71 next month, my favorite curving piece of the road with its soaring trees won't be there. I can't even think about how much that will hurt.