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Even if it were better-which is a subjective judgement-it would be impossible. The megafauna that shaped the landscape before humans arrived in the Western Hemisphere are extinct.

Is it subjective to to say pre European is better. I have a creak that I am trying to restore from farm land but don't really know what needs to be planted. I am watching videos such as yours in order to make a decision. If it is just subjective, then the easiest thing to do is leave it alone.@@kierandh

@@aprilboneski4639 It's not my video. And I meant that the judgement about whether restoring the land to it's state pre-human contact vs. to its pre-Columbian state is better is subjective. I did not mean that any the value of any restoration work is subjective. Restoring land from being overtaken by invasive species and depleted by human harm is objectively beneficial to ecological health.

I feel the same way. I like to have the native plants which encourage the right bugs for the animals that eat those. I do think about what I am trying to do. I have no idea what pre man would look like. You are right in that some stuff is extinct. My question is would the Willamette Valley be a dark forest if the natives did not do yearly burns. @@kierandh

@@aprilboneski4639 It would depend what time period you look at. Immediately before the arrival of humans in the Americas, the world was in an ice age and the flora and fauna of the Willamette Valley would have been considerably different. That ship has sailed.