Muir Woods succeeds in restoring natural quiet
Updated: 2011-03-31 23:22:43
Feb 23 2011 Muir Woods succeeds in restoring natural quiet Effects of Noise on Wildlife News Science Wildlands Add comments Great article in the New York Times on the strides made at Muir Woods just north of San Francisco , in restoring natural . quiet At times , deep within this vaulted chamber of redwoods , it is almost quiet enough to hear a banana slug slither by . For the National Park Service , that stillness is as vital a component of the site as the trees’ green needles , or the sudden darting rays of . sunlight A decade after the agency resolved to restore natural sounds to this park in a metropolitan area of seven million people , managers at Muir Woods , in Marin Country just north of San Francisco , have made big strides in vanquishing intrusive noise . Now the background
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