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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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The Hidden Forest: The Biography of an Ecosystem
by John R Luoma Publisher Comments The tallest species of spruce, hemlock, fir, cedar, and pine trees on earth coexist in the old growth of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon's Cascade Range. Set aside as a living laboratory by the U.S. Forest Service in 1948, the 16,000...
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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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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by John Vaillant Publisher Comments The felling of a celebrated giant golden spruce tree in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands takes on a potent symbolism in this probing study of an unprecedented act of eco-vandalism. Vaillant profiles the culprit, an ex-logger turned messianic...
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Communities and Forests: Where People Meet the Land
by Robert G Lee Publisher Comments "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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Nature Noir (06 Edition)
by Smith Publisher Comments Smith chronicles his 14 years as a park ranger on a huge tract of government land in the Sierras, illuminating some startling truths about America's wild lands....
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Drawing Lines in the Forest: Creating Wilderness Areas in the Pacific Northwest
by Kevin R. Marsh Publisher Comments Drawing boundaries around wilderness areas often serves a double purpose: protection of the land within the boundary and release of the land outside the boundary to resource extraction and other development. In Drawing Lines in the Forest, Kevin R. Marsh...
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Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest
by Chris Maser Publisher Comments 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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Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America
by Rocky Barker Publisher Comments In 1988, forest fires raged in Yellowstone National Park, destroying more than a million acres. As the nation watched the land around Old Faithful burn, a longstanding conflict over fire management reached a fever pitch. Should the U.S. Park and Forest...
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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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A Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization
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 Publisher Comments 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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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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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 Wilderness Reader
by Frank Bergon Publisher Comments "The Wilderness Reader" is an excellent representation of a small but distinctive body of American literature that concerns itself primarily with the wilderness as physical fact. The writers blend emotions with informed observation. Their purpose is...
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Not Just Trees: The Legacy of a Douglas-Fir Forest
by Jane Dirks Edmunds Publisher Comments 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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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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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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Last Great Wilderness: The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
by Roger Kaye Publisher Comments The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America’s demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil development began, a group of visionary conservationists launched a...
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