A nature-dominated soundscape had been absent since Tennessee until this point

Evidence

Rampant, glorious birdsong, echoing through this forested corridor, stops me. I get a reading of 39 dBA as I listen to the first nature-dominated soundscape since Tennessee. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1262

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader theme of natural silence as a disappearing resource — the 39 dBA reading is the benchmark of what’s at stake.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1262