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On Aesthetics and Restoration and Management

In this statement, he suggested a relationship--perhaps an interdependence--between biological integrity and beauty. Implicit in this concept is the idea that landscape restoration and management practices are right when they achieve, simultaneously, the integrity, stability, and beauty of the landscapes where they are applied. They are wrong when they fail in any of the three categories. Interestingly, we rarely see the words "beauty" or "aesthetic quality" stated as goals of restoration or management projects. Similarly, we rarely see them listed as outcomes of implementation of these projects. Why is it that we’ve failed so often to recognize or acknowledge the importance of the beauty of landscapes as a goal--or as a worthy achievement--in landscape management and restoration? There are a number of plausible explanations for this omission. One possible rationale for not mentioning landscape beauty lies in the recognition that it is inextricably linked with biological integrity. One could suppose--with good reason in many cases--that if a site’s biotic integrity and stability are preserved or restored, the aesthetic quality will be taken care of too. More likely, though, I think we’ve become uncomfortable talking about beauty in the landscape for a couple of reasons. First, just as "real men" don’t eat quiche, "real men" shy away from talking or writing about beauty. Interestingly many of our most rugged environmentalist forebearers felt completely comfortable openly discussing and writing about beauty. For example, if you open to almost any page of John Muir’s journals, as edited by Linnie Marsh Wolfe in John of the Mountains, you will encounter vivid descriptions and observations such as the following entry, dated January 4, 1869: