forestry

05/01/1992
In the Fatherland of Forestry: Baron Alexander von Elverfeldt and Castle Canstein
Castle Canstein - Central Germany
Castle Canstein – Central Germany

This article was published in American Forests, 1992.

The goals and dreams of the Baron of Castle Canstein reflect lessons learned over centuries of forest use and abuse.

“With a huge key, the Baron unlocked the heavy wood door. The room in the …

02/01/2014
In the Fatherland of Forestry: Time Travels through the German Wild
Featured Image: Uwe Galonska, supervising a timber operation, is Holger’s twin brother and also a forester.
Featured Image: Uwe Galonska, supervising a timber operation, is Holger’s twin brother and also a forester.

Original essay written in 2014 describing changes in former East Germany since I first visited there in 1991.

“Don’t worry about the land mines,” said Holger Galonska, district forester for the former East German

10/01/2014
Life, Love, and Forestry: Travels in Germany as a Tribute to Carl Alwin Schenk
Chris in a German municipal forest on the SAF Tour, wearing the traditional German Forester’s Tracht (uniform) she inherited from her East German forester friend Christine Neise.
Chris in a German municipal forest on the SAF Tour, wearing the traditional German Forester’s Tracht (uniform) she inherited from her East German forester friend Christine Neise.

This article was commissioned by the Society of American Foresters and published in the SAF’s The Forestry Source. 

“‘It’s the trip …