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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by John Vaillant

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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)

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Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
by Julia Butterfly Hill

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On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousandyear-old redwood in Humboldt County, California. Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a... (read more)

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Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens
by Lewis Hill

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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)

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Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forest of Central and South America Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forest of Central and South America
by Adrian Forsyth

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Scientific AmericanIn 17 chapters, each a brief essay on tropical nature observed, these two young field biologists have made a model of contemporary natural history, cheerfully speculative, concerned as much with large pattern as with diversity... (read more)

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Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness
by Andy Kerr

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Five million acres of unprotected roadless forest remain in Oregon, stretching from the rain-drenched shores of the Pacific and Coast range, across the snow-covered Cascades to the Blue Mountains, Wallowas, and Hells Canyon; from the Deschutes, John Day,... (read more)

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Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America
by Rocky Barker

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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... (read more)

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Neotropical Companion Rev & Exp 2ND Edition Neotropical Companion Rev & Exp 2ND Edition
by John Kricher

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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)

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Strangely Like War : Global Assault on Forests (03 Edition) Strangely Like War : Global Assault on Forests (03 Edition)
by Derrick Jensen

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-179) and index.... (read more)

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Fire Fire
by Sebastian Junger

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Forest fires, terrorism, war: explorations of danger by the author of The Perfect Storm. For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and... (read more)

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The Rain Forests of Home: Profile of a North American Bioregion The Rain Forests of Home: Profile of a North American Bioregion
by Peter Schoonmaker

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Stretching from the redwoods of California to the vast stands of spruce and hemlock in southeast Alaska, coastal temperate rain forests have been for thousands of years home to one of the highest densities of human settlements on the continent. Given its... (read more)

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Fire Fire
by Sebastian Junger

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Sebastian Junger came to the attention of many readers in 1997 with The Perfect Storm, his bestselling account of a ferocious storm off the coast of Nova Scotia and the men and women whose lives were affected by it. However, readers of Vanity... (read more)

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Tree Huggers: Victory Defeat and Renewal in the Northwest Ancient Forest Campaign Tree Huggers: Victory Defeat and Renewal in the Northwest Ancient Forest Campaign
by Kathie Durbin

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The high-prorofile campaign to preserve the Northwest's ancient forests.... (read more)

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Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest
by Chris Maser

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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... (read more)

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Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire (Harvest Book) Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire (Harvest Book)
by Murray A Taylor

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Fighting fires since 1965, veteran smokejumper Murry Taylor finally retired from his legendary career after last summer-the worst fire season in more than fifty years. After three decades of parachuting out of planes and battling blazes in the vast... (read more)

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Forest primeval :the natural history of an ancient forest Forest primeval :the natural history of an ancient forest
by Chris Maser

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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)

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Reforming the Forest Service Reforming the Forest Service
by Randal Otoole

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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)

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Understanding forests Understanding forests
by John J Berger

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North America's wild forests represent the climax of millions of years of evolution. These complex ecosystems protect soil and water resources, provide habitat for wildlife, and are intrinsically connected to climatic stability and biological diversity... (read more)

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Hell on Earth: The Wildfire Pandemic Hell on Earth: The Wildfire Pandemic
by David L Porter

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The world is burning, and it appears that we are to blame.  Conditions that create large-scale fire disasters are occurring more frequently every year, spurred on by global warming.  And the potential for damage, loss of life, and greater harm... (read more)

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Tongass Pulp Politics & Fight for Al 2ND Edition Tongass Pulp Politics & Fight for Al 2ND Edition
by Kathie Durbin

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Set in Alaska's coastal rain forest, "Tongass is a story by turns dismaying and inspiring, of greed, courage, bare-knuckles politics, and the fate of a remote, wild, beautiful land. After World War II, the U.S. government lured two pulp companies to... (read more)

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Changing Landscapes: The Development of the International Timber Organization and Its Influence on Tropical Forest Management Changing Landscapes: The Development of the International Timber Organization and Its Influence on Tropical Forest Management
by Duncan Poore

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280).... (read more)

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