Tag: forest
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Forest Forensics: Clues in the woods to historic crimes against nature, and the consequences today
An abandoned winch on my property is a clue to the historic deforestation of the Southern Appalachian Mountains from approximately 1880-1930. “Forest Forensics” was first published in October of 2019 in Blue Ridge Outdoors Online then republished in Rewilding Earth in February 2020.
“There are no bodies, no police tape, no cluster …
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Living in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of Sustainable Forestry
…Living in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of Sustainable Forestry, Stackpole Books, 2002.
From a tattooed ex-con logger to the Republican president of the Sierra Club, from industrial strength timbering to the delicate art of virtually wild forest herb gardening, this book examines the people and the practices that
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The Appalachian Forest: A Search for Roots and Renewal
…The Appalachian Forest: A Search for Roots and Renewal, published by Stackpole Books, 1998.
More than a biological overview, The Appalachian Forest is also an exploration of Appalachian life and its many contradictions, including the poverty of a region so rich in natural resources. From Cherokees to bear hunters,
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The Great Forest
Creek in the Monongahela National Forest, WV View full article in PDF format
“The Great Forest” was published in the Wilderness Magazine, spring 1994.
“Rage is not the politically correct emotion to feel in an old growth forest. Awe, veneration, respect, humility, these are expected. But I want to …
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The Case for Eastern Old-Growth
An unusually old and large chestnut oak in the George Washington National Forest. View full essay in PDF format
“The Case for Eastern Old-Growth” was published in American Forests, May/June 1989.
This is the first article to raise the issue of new old-growth in the formerly deforested East.
“Long …