Walking 360 acres of forest and rock.

Hubby and I decided to walk the parcel of land where 300 homes are proposed. I had heard a neighbor talk about it being a "mining" expedition. I though he was joking. After seeing the "boulders" everywhere between the trees, in the clearings and even in the wetlands, I realized that he was stating fact.

For these developers to create 200 half acre lots with all the open space they propose, they will be crushing rocks for years. Then there is the issue of trees.
By the time you get 500 feet back from the neighboring property lines, this is a forest. Yes, there is a dirt road and a glorified cow path cut in them, but the rest is deciduous forest. There are oaks, maples and birch. There are seedling pines. There are signs of wildlife. Deer and fisher cat were the tracks I saw today.

This will not only be a mining operation, but a logging one as well. There is a 25 foot canyon at about 1500 feet back. Because I am a lousy mountaineer, I could not see if there was a stream at the bottom. I did find another stream further up.

What was remarkable was the quiet, and the echos, and the view from the top. You could see all the way across the valley to the next hill (Canonchet?) I really wanted to cry. This is a natural place which should not be any more disturbed than it already has been. It would be a great hiking venue and horseback riding trail.

It is a good place for humans to visit, but not live. I wish the State would just buy this land and annex it to the management area. Developing this land would be a crime.