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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
Had Rousseau walked in the 18th-century Alleghenies, he would have observed a substantially different natural world than the one that we see today. Old-growth forests, filled with mighty chestnut, hemlock and beech trees, dominated the ridges. A wondrous diversity of plants provided food and other essentials of life.
Over the ensuing centuries, old-growth forests were cut, blight decimated the chestnuts, and species such as Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose were introduced, crowding out native plants.
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