I saw this bench at the foot of this tree in Turkey Run State Park in Indiana on an October day. Going into these woods is a moving experience. The water, the trees and the rocks combine to show a great sight. Rocky Hollow-Falls Canyon Nature Preserve, located within the Turkey Run State Park is a National Natural Landmark. The canyon contains forested areas of virgin beech-maple stands and steep sandstone gorges that have eastern hemlocks and Canada yew. Some of the largest black walnut in the Midwest can be found in the gorges. Will some of the eastern hemlocks survive the infestation of the wooly adelgid? What I have seen is discouraging. I feel like I am witnessing the end of the hemlock era in the America. It feels like it must have been for that generation when the change of the forests happened with the loss of the American Chestnut. It was a huge change when the American Chestnut succumbed to the chestnut blight.
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