Quietly, park wins against noise
By Felicity Barringer | New York Times | Updated: 2011-03-06 07:45
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Reductions of noise in Muir Woods National Monument in California allow visitors to hear the burbles of a creek. Max Whittaker for The New York Times |
MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT, California - At times, deep within this vaulted chamber of redwoods, it is almost quiet enough to hear a banana slug slither by. For the National Park Service, that stillness is as vital a component of the site as the trees' green needles, or the sudden darting rays of sunlight.
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