"The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching."
––Assyrian tablet, circa 2800 BCE.
The reason why they never had any filming in wooded areas in the original series is that the times they tried, no one could locate McCoy….
They had a hard time seeing DeForrest through the trees.
Fun fact: To keep production costs low, many Star Trek scenes were actually filmed on Earth rather than on location in outer space.