In the older clearcuts I can see a fuzz of seedlings. They are all Douglas fir, since the other less profitable species that might grow there have been poisoned. When they are mature they will not add up to a forest, but to something like a gargantuan cornfield, with each tree the same size and shape, placed a scientific distance from its neighbors (Feasting on Mountains 61)

I completely agree with Sanders that nature cannot be copied through human efforts. What I see above is not nature. It is not a interconnected ecosystem, it is calculated and separate. The only way humans can recreate nature after it is destroyed is to leave it alone.