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Dryads are nature spirits, also called nymphs. We are one of many nature spirits who support life on Earth. We support the forest by protecting trees. 

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Some say we are shy. But we avoid humans because usually they do not understand Nature. Many humans feel painful to us, just as a discordant note is painful to a musician. 

 

Dryads live where the forest calls them. Dryads are the spirit of the forest and any forest that wishes to survive, appeals to dryads for support. 

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Humans have mostly forgotten dryads. But we must live together, for Earth is home to all. For all of us to survive, we must understand what is happening that threatens us all.

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My oak tree, Astraia, is a part of what remains of a vast, wild forest called Big Thicket. But, humans have cut the huge hardwood trees near the rivers. They have dammed the water and cleared the forests for timber and for farming. They have planted trees that do not belong. These trees are cut—logged for the wood—long before they reach maturity. Those trees do not invite dryads to live in them.