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jefferson forest

submitted by daniel on wed, 2006-05-03 14:47.
Insects
Insects
Development
Development
Forest floor
Forest floor
The woods
The woods

This gallery consists of images from a small remaining section of the Jefferson Forest just behind our property here in Richmond Hill. This tiny forest is being threatened on all sides by development. Here I'll document what will be lost with the destruction of this habitat.

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seasons and cycles
submitted by robertkamper on wed, 2006-05-03 18:36.

Looking forward to views of the woods as the spring passes on to summer, etc. as well as the flora and fauna on and above the forest floor. Can't say I'm all that interested in the McMansion style house development - it is so consistent regardless of locale. You've captured the first big step after surveying - scrape and rape with bulldozers so the surface is "clean" and "prepared" for "development".

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springing into action
submitted by daniel on wed, 2006-05-03 19:00.

I'll definitely be adding to the forest imagery as the seasons progress. I must admit, I do find it very difficult to look at the development pictures, they're so ghastly. But I'll be taking more of them as well, in order to show what is replacing the beauty. If just one person changes their mind about buying into a development like this, it will almost have been worth documenting the desolation.

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thanks for this gallery
submitted by david p (not verified) on thu, 2006-05-04 15:34.

Thanks for this gallery and theme, it captures (or generates) the emotions that many of us must feel when we witness the same phenomenon in our own communities.

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sounds horrible, too
submitted by daniel on fri, 2006-05-05 09:16.

Thanks, David. One thing that doesn't come through in photographs is the constant crunching, roaring, and beeping of heavy equipment. When we moved here three years ago all of the current development was either farm fields or forest. Since we're about a kilometer from the nearest major road we always had a nice, quiet environment. That's gone now. We have to endure the sounds of construction six days a week, from 7:00 am to about 6:00 pm. And when that ends, the traffic volume in this area will have gone up about a thousand-fold, so we'll be treated to the soothing sounds of car and truck engines.

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