Protecting public lands means protecting them from us

Dear Editor,I’d like to respond to the recent letters and commentaries in VTDigger about public land use and remind their authors that the overarching goal of setting aside lands for protection is, well, protecting these natural resources for the future, leaving them as wild as possible. No one can predict all the treasures that nature holds until science advances enough to discover them. 
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For example, we’re still learning about mycorrhizae — symbiotic fungi tha