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by Committee On Managin  Book News Annotation Assesses the status of the world's tree genetic resources and presents strategies for meeting future needs and alternatives to harvesting natural forests. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more)  List Price $19.95 Your price $8.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Douglas Gantenbein Publisher Comments On July 10, 2001, in northern Washington state, a rain of burning embers trapped two civilians and thirteen firefighters in a steeply walled canyon. With a roar heard thirty miles away, flames and black smoke swept overhead-leaving four firefighters dead.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Chris Maser Book News Annotation A reprint of the book first published by Sierra Club Books in 1989 on forest ecology and conservation. It takes as paradigm the old-growth forests of the western Cascade Mountains of Oregon. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gail Wells Publisher Comments A fascinating look at the natural and human-caused influences that have shaped and continue to shape Oregon's forests, using the Lewis and Clark Expedition of two hundred years ago as a backdrop.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Vandermeer Book News Annotation The authors describe the social, economic, and political reasons for the disappearance of the world's rain forests, linking issues such as the poor soils of peasant farmers, international diplomacy, international agricultural economics, and others... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Williams Publisher Comments Dr Williams begins by exploring the role of the forest in American culture: the symbols, themes, and concepts.... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $33.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Maclean Publisher Comments A riveting account of the deadly Thirtymile fire and the controversy and recriminations that raged in its aftermath, from our premier chronicler of wildfires and those who fight them The Thirtymile fire in the remote North Cascade range near the... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Fred Pearce Publisher Comments Deep Jungle is an exploration of the most alien and feared habitat on earth. Beginning with man’s earliest recorded adventures, Fred Pearce takes us high into the canopy—home to two-thirds of all the creatures on our planet. Pearce also... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Alston Chase Publisher Comments In a Dark Wood depicts the fight to save the old-growth forests of the Northwest - the biggest environmental conflict in U.S. history - and explains how the ideas generated by this battle have come to dominate American politics and culture. Bringing... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Nancy Langston Publisher Comments Across the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare. Fires, insect epidemics, and disease now threaten millions of acres of once-bountiful forests. Yet no one can agree what went wrong. Was it too much... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Steven Lewis Yaffee Publisher Comments Two decades of negotiations, lawsuits, court orders, and injunctions have transformed the northern spotted owl issue from a regional land management problem into a national controversy of immense proportions. Despite the best efforts of scientists, land... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Larry Pynn Publisher Comments An award-winning environmental reporter plunges into coastal rainforests from California to Alaska to explore this unique ecosystem and the complex factors that threaten it.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Randal Otoole Publisher Comments Reforming the Forest Service contributes a completely new view to the current debate on the management of our national forests. Randal O'Toole argues that poor management is an institutional problem; he shows that economic inefficiencies and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James P Casey Publisher Comments Other volumes in the latest edition of Pulp and Paper Chemistry and Chemical Technology, 3rd Ed. Edited by James P. Casey Volume 1 Contents: Cellulose and Hemicellulose (G.D. McGinnis and F. Shafizadeh). Lignin (W.G. Glasser). Pulpwood (W.J. Bublitz... (read more) List Price $288.00 Your price $137.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sara Oldfield Publisher Comments Illustrated with more than 200 full-color photos, this book is a celebration of the diverse wildlife of the world's major rainforests. Includes a full-color world map and summary of current conservation issues.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $5.45 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas Wolf Publisher Comments A fire fighting tool for homeowners and firefighters alike, this guide discusses both the properties of wildfires and ways to minimize damage. Authored by an environmental journalist with advanced degrees in forestry, it is a must-have book designed to... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $3.70 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kullervo Kuusela Publisher Comments Provides detailed information on Europe??'s forest resources and suggests suitable management strategies.... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $12.80 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by George Wuerthner Publisher Comments Wildfires are an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon that <BR>have shaped North America's landscapes since the dawn <BR>of time. They are a force that we cannot really control, <BR>and thus understanding, appreciating, and learning to <... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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