Protecting one small quiet spot can preserve quiet across a much larger area

Evidence

By keeping even one square inch 100 percent free of noise, or at least attempting to do so, I am able to push back aircraft for many miles and help to preserve natural quiet over much of the entire park. Natural quiet, like clean air and clean water, is part of a delicate ecosystem. So when man-made noise intrudes in the wilderness, the equivalent of crackling static on the phone line of all creatures but man, it impairs the ability of animals to communicate. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 74

Categorization

• SEED: The acoustic-keystone idea — a ‘one square inch’ strategy as a conservation model — is a portable, counterintuitive method worth its own essay.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 74
• XREF: connects to: A noise-free square inch can protect quiet over many square miles — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 55; Earth mounds can refract and deaden street noise from quiet groves — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 851; Having access to a quiet site reduces noise annoyance without lowering physical sound. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1133 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Earth mounds can refract and deaden street noise from quiet groves #expands (0.75) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 851