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They're aware of the need for species diversity - it's mentioned 5 times in the article.

> U.S. tree nurseries don’t grow close to enough trees—nor have the species diversity needed—to meet ambitious planting goals

What are you finding "kinda stupid"?

Is it? A lot of northern forests are comprised of only a handful of Fir species.

Mark this as one of the first times I've heard forest restoration categorized as "stupid"

Nah,it is pretty stupid. If there were plans to actually manage the growth of the new forests as opposed to the "plant and forget" methodology used by a lot of tree planting efforts it wouldn't be so stupid:

https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22679378/tree-planting-for...

Thank you!

agree, but the article talks about that directly.

It’s talks about planting a whole bunch of trees in an area,

It doesn’t bring in the fact that you also need to bring in animals, and small plants to kickstart the rewilding process

Provide some empirical studies to back up your claim.

What you're saying sounds like the "Appeal to Nature" fallacy.