It is quite astonishing to take a small moment out of your day to just stop everything and observe what is happening in nature. One perceives so much more by overserving interactions and occurrences in a particular area, which begins to trigger a series of questions such as why things are happening in the certain way that they are or perhaps, why not? One can gather evidence on the historical influences within the area based on observation like disturbance, substrate and topography, which can begin to tell a story of the landscape, making one more aware of the natural world. As quoted by Albert Einstein, “If we look deep into nature, then we will understand everything better.”
We devoted an hour closely observing a 1x1 m2 plot extending from the uppermost layer of the soil to the vegetative canopy. Height was not utilized to impact
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Just like Thoreau had done in order to successfully unravel the history of his forests and landscapes, I was able to observe the significances of various processes that progress in natural ecosystems over time as well as interpret changes that have occurred as a result of historical events, and to lastly better understand the development of the modern landscape that creates Devil’s Bathtub. That is why doing an exercise like this one by just taking a moment (hour) out of your day is critical because it forces one to look back in time and recognize the continuity between past and present, as they expose rare or uncommon processes that we may not even bear conscious of, and they enable us to identify the important and defining events amongst the muddle of past events. If pursued by insight, these studies provide appreciation so that we may manage and conserve the ever changing