Stop 2 Foresters Trail
Nutrients continuously cycle in natural forest ecosystems. Living trees remove nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients from the soil and store them in their cells. Dead trees slowly decay and return these nutrients to the soil, which provides nutrition for the next generation of trees.
In 1993, and as recently as 2025, severe winds uprooted the trees in this area. Look for humps where a fallen tree’s roots once entered the soil.