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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... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by John N. Maclean Publisher Comments “Pitilessly compelling, the sort of saga devoured in one horrified sitting.”—National Geographic Adventure The Thirtymile Fire in the North Cascade Range near the Canadian border of Washington began as a simple mop-up operation; in a... (read more) Your Price $14.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Frank Philbrick and Stephen Philbrick Publisher Comments For every man who has ever conjured up a picture of himself felling trees in a roar of chainsaw noise and power, The Backyard Lumberjack is an account of dreams fulfilled. Father and son lumberjacks Stephen and Frank Philbrick have enjoyed the thrilling... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by John Kricher Publisher Comments A Neotropical Companion is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their remarkable rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. It is the most comprehensive one... (read more) Your Price $21.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by George Wuerthner Review "The book is a magnificent and magisterial production...Could it be an intellectual foundation for a future national wildfire institute -- in Los Alamos?"(Roger Snodgrass, Los Alamos Monitor, Dec 13 2006 )... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your Price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Julia Butterfl Hill 
Publisher Comments A young woman named Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a 200-foot 1,000 year-old redwood in December 1997. She didn't come down for 738 days. The tree, dubbed Luna, was ready to be cut by a corporation and Hill's action was part of an Earth First! devised tree... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by John Tappeiner Publisher Comments Once regarded solely as the cultivation of forest trees, silviculture is today shifting to a broader focus, one that reflec ts societies' changing forest values. In addition to timber management, the prac tice and science of silviculture are now... (read more) Your Price $35.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by craig macgowan Publisher Comments Two-sided plastic laminated cards developed by a teacher of marine science. Color drawings, common and scientific names, information on size and habitat.... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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... (read more) Your Price $13.95 (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) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by David Lindenmayer Publisher Comments Salvage logging—removing trees from a forested area in the wake of a catastrophic event such as a wildfire or hurricane—is highly controversial. Policymakers and those with an economic interest in harvesting trees typically argue that damaged... (read more) Your Price $32.50 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Ralph W. Andrews Publisher Comments The day would come when the Pacific Northwest's "Big Woods" would be only a fog-blurred memory. With the superb work of timber photographer Darius Kinsey, comprising more than 200 views, the author dramatically recalls lumbering's great days.... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Stephen F Arno Publisher Comments The magnificent stands of old-growth trees that characterize the forests of western North America depend on periodic fires for their creation or survival. Deprived of that essential disturbance process eventually they die, leaving an overcrowded growth... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Lewis Hill Publisher Comments Money does grow on trees, and Christmas Trees by Lewis Hill is the essential equipment for anyone who wishes to gain the pleasure and profit of growing and selling trees, wreaths, and greens. Hill, an experienced and skilled tree grower himself, begins... (read more) Your Price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Sara Jensen Publisher Comments Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the rich yet... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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