"Tiny Houses of the Historic Northwest"

[dameruth]

What it says on the tin, sort of. A link sent by a friend, showing the astonishing size of trees once logged in the Pacific Northwest -- so large that small houses could be made from their hollowed-out trunks

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[mmegaera]

Have you ever been up to the groves of giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada? Or to the redwoods on California's north coast, for that matter?

This photo in particular always awed and amazed me. Thankfully, it's actually still there in Yosemite National Park's Mariposa grove of sequoias, and it's every bit as impressive in real life as it is in that photo.

We may not have many of the giant trees left, but at least we're now protecting some of them.

[dameruth]

Yeah, I live in the Pacific Northwest, and have been on trips to see the CA redwoods. Impressive stuff, even if it's just an echo of what once was. You're right, I need to see the glass as half-full in that people *are* starting to recognize the importance of protecting natural wonders. I just get a little down sometimes when I think about how long it took for that mindset to kick in.

[mmegaera]

Well, here's a little more "glass half full" to add. The period between when they started logging out here and when they started protecting the trees was less than 100 years, and most of that was by-hand logging.

On the other side, though, it doesn't take that long to devastate a forest, even by hand [sigh].

[tehomet]

Wow, those small houses built into the hollowed out logs are amazing. But yeah, it is sad too. It's like the vegetation version of the buffalo or whale decimations.

[dameruth]

Yeah; I live in the Pacific Northwest and have been to see the CA redwoods (sort of, it's been foggy every time I've been down there . . .), and it's sad to realize that's just an echo of What Was.

OTOH, as mmegaera pointed out above, at least we're starting to recognize the value of such things, and are trying to protect them now. It's a start, however late in the game it may be.