The Great Meadow, once submerged, is now a young forest, symbolizing an ancient landscape lost to the Soviet Union's Kakhovka dam and later revealed by the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam, showcasing the dual nature of ecological regeneration and potential hazards.
"In the beginning, we were litigious, we were out protesting, and that has kind of changed over the decades and we've turned into an organization that primarily does its work behind the scenes."
'There is a big problem here: there is a mushroom with a disease that came in the trees, and they will die in a few years. We don't know exactly when, and if we don't find a solution for this mushroom, so we have to cut down all the trees.'
The show knows that's why we love them. You can feel it straining against its moral imperative to educate us as to why these beasts are mostly harmless, necessary and misunderstood.
Feller emphasized that the transformation of Marine Park from a garbage dump to a vibrant natural habitat reflects significant ecological resilience and community interest.
"For us, this process goes beyond research or preparation - it's an essential part of the work itself. Unexpected conversations and relationships that arise in the field often lead to stories and connections we could not have imagined beforehand."
In the past two decades, wildfires have been doing things not even computer models can predict, environmental events that have scientists racking their brains for appropriately Dystopian technology: firenados, gigafires, megafires.