Habitat Loss, Western Isles
1000 BC • Scotland
"Mesolithic Europeans altered the landscape through fire more thoroughly than their predecessors...The Europeans learned to manipulate their environments and created a mosaic of woodlands and open land that they so favored for food gathering and hunting. By 3000 years ago there was no tree left on these isles."
"Prehistory, 8.000 BC - 1 AD " Environmental History Resources. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.
"Falls of Leny," Scotland. 1890, courtesy of The Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsc-07635.
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