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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
by Richard Preston  Publisher Comments Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained — the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have...
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Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires
by John Maclean Publisher Comments An expert's report on why wildland fires keep getting hotter, bigger, and more dangerous to the men and women who fight them Are wilderness fires now a tragic and enduring feature of the American landscape? John N. Maclean, author of the acclaimed Fire...
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by John Vaillant Publisher Comments As vividly as Jon Krakauer put readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest, where trees grow to eighteen feet in diameter, sunlight never touches the ground, and the chainsaws are always at work...
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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
by Richard Preston 
Publisher Comments Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained — the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have...
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People, Fire, and Forests: A Synthesis of Wildfire Social Science
by Terry Daniel Publisher Comments Years of drought and decades of aggressive fire exclusion have left North American forests at high risk for future catastrophic fires. Forest settings are a magnet for recreational opportunities and for rapidly growing residential development&mdash...
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The U.S. Forest Service: A Cenntenial History
by Harold K Steen Book News Annotation Steen (New Mexico State University) chronicles the origins of the United States Forest Service, explores how national policies evolved as part of the conservation movement, and remembers the men who served as chief of the service. A new preface to...
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Two Paths Toward Sustainable Forests: Public Values in Canada and the United States
by Bruce Shindler Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-350) and index....
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Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
by Margaret D Lowman Synopsis A field biologist writes about different canopy access techniques in conjunction with the scientific hypotheses she was addressing while using each one. 30 illustrations....
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Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest
by Chris Maser Synopsis In this classic work of ecology, Chris Maser traces the growth of an ancient forest in Oregon's Cascade Mountains from its fiery birth in the year 987 to the present. A unique "biography" of an ecosystem, Forest Primeval portrays a diverse fabric of...
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Communities and Forests: Where People Meet the Land
by Robert G Lee Synopsis "Communities and Forests offers a timely view of the changing face of forests and forestry in North America today. In examining interactions between people and forests, the book shows that forests are as much a social institution as they are a biological...
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A Road Runs Through It: Reviving Wild Places
by Thomas Reed Petersen
Publisher Comments When respected conservation biologists Michael Soulé and Reed Noss were asked to name three current policy issues most important to the re-wilding of North America, they answered in unison: "Roads, roads, and roads." The men weren't talking about...
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The last stand :the war between Wall Street and Main Street over California's ancient redwoods
by David Harris Publisher Comments By chronicling the takeover of Pacific Lumber Company--which had been operated by one family since 1904 before being sold to a Texas-based conglomerate--Harris gives readers a metaphor for the disappearance of a gentler, kinder capitalism. The Last Stand...
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Forest Journey : Story of Wood and Civilization (05 Edition)
by John Perlin Publisher Comments A contemporary view of the effects of wood, as used for building and fuel, and of deforestation on the development of civilization. Until the ascendancy of fossil fuels, wood has been the principal fuel and building material from the dawn of civilization....
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Good Wood: Growth, Loss, and Renewal
by Steven R Radosevich Synopsis As a young man, Steve Radosevich learned to prune trees by watching his grandfather. Working in the apple orchards of the struggling family farm, he saw that "every cut was a decision, conscious and deliberate, about the health of the trees and their...
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The Enduring Forests: Northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Southeast Alaska
by Ruth Kirk Synopsis The landscapes and ecosystems of the ancient forests are brought to life through full-color photographs and the text of five regional authors in this large-format tribute. Published by The Mountaineers Foundation....
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The Tapir's Morning Bath: Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them
by Elizabeth Royte Publisher Comments 'One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin asked how a rain forest could contain so many species: "What explains the riot?" The same question occupies the scientists who toil on Panama's Barro Colorado Island today. Tropical and...
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Not Just Trees: The Legacy of a Douglas-Fir Forest
by Jane Dirks Edmunds Synopsis This gracefully written story shows all that is lost when we destroy ancient stands of trees--as revealed through a 60-year study of the flora and fauna in an Oregon Coast Range forest that is selectively logged and finally clear-cut....
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Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra
by Jordan Fisher Smith Publisher Comments A nature book unlike any other, Jordan Fisher Smith's startling account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and placid birdwatchers, Smith's beat -- a stretch...
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Wildfire, P
by Alianor True Publisher Comments During the summer of 2000, Americans from coast to coast witnessed the worst fire season in recorded history. Daily news reports brought dramatic images of vast swaths of land going up in smoke, from the mountains of Montana and Wyoming, to the...
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A People's History of Wilderness
by Matt Jenkins Synopsis High Country News honors the Wilderness Act's 40th Anniversary by examining the Act's origin and impacts. *Published on the 40th anniversary of America's most important public lands protection movement *Highlights the citizen activists who made and...
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