Clear Cut in Hiawatha, Fall 2002
I really debated this photo, not only in taking it, but in putting it on here. This is a section of Hiawatha that was clear cut, I am assuming for selective logging or forestry management. Regardless, it was a really disturbing site. It felt like the land was scarred and that an crucial part of the forest was missing. It might have been less disturbing had they actually taken all the trees instead of leaving skeletal remains.
The green on the ground in the photo is ferns. They were the only ones in all of Hiawatha that had not started to turn yellow/brown. I'm surprised they could survive in full sun, since ferns are definitely deep shade plants.