[thekid314]

Here's a story about Old Growth forests in New England that I shot for Smithsonian Magazine. The most interesting part was seeing archive photos of New England when it was basically clear cut for firewood and pasture. Today we think of it as wooded, but that is relatively recent: https://www.daviddegner.com/photography/discovering-old-grow...

[peteradio]

Very beautiful shoot. Some of those trees were rather huge! Wonder what the biggest looked like in the old growth.

[nemo44x]

They looked like this:

https://ravenwhimsy.tumblr.com/post/174022634675

And to think, they were just used for any old thing back then. This lumber doesn't really exist anymore other than reclamations.

[klyrs]

Sadly, this lumber does exist in Canada. And I wish I meant "tree" and not "lumber" but here we are

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sitka-old-gr...

[grosswait]

That’s a Douglas for – not native to New England

[beastman82]

Is this true in NH/ME/VT as well? I see western MA in your article. (btw it's cool thanks for sharing)

[fireflash38]

Very much true. Just look at the undergrowth, and the types of trees.

[Mistletoe]

I love this shoot, thank you for sharing.

[soperj]

It was wooded before the clear cutting.