The unique forest recovered, the beach became clean.

"But the were-female distracted him with her panties, and the forest recovered."

Some worried the forest would never recover.

But ecologists warn that the forest cannot recover equally well from all types of disturbance.

The forests in New Brunswick recovered fully with no economic or environmental impact.

And even where forests have recovered, there is the likelihood that they have passed through an ecological point of no return.

By 1950 forests had recovered to an extent not seen since the 18th century.

But does this mean that the forests have recovered from two centuries of destruction, or that they ever will?

Since commercial timber exploitation officially ceased in 1972, the forest has recovered well, although large areas are dominated by planted species.

Today, forests in the East are recovering from the clear cutting of the early and mid-20th century.