Turtle Island (3)

Gary Snyder knows a lot about nature and the wild and he makes it very obvious through his poems that he loves and wishes to protect the natural beauty of our land.  Although he wants to protect nature, he still understands that many aspects of nature are a resource.  In his poem "The Wild Mushroom" Snyder portrays a journey into the forest in search of mushrooms.  He is very appreciative of the resource that mushrooms are to man, "for food, for fun, for poison/ They are a help to a man." Snyder is able to understand bioregionalism and is very concerned with the fact that we, as people, have become too detached from out natural roots.  His writing serves as a reminder to us all, that we are animals and sometimes it is best to let our instincts take control and forget about technology and civilization.