American Forests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Forests write by Douglas W. MacCleery. This book was released on 2011. American Forests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
American Indians and National Forests
American Indians and National Forests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Indians and National Forests write by Theodore Catton. This book was released on 2016-03-24. American Indians and National Forests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. American Indians and National Forests tells the story of how the U.S. Forest Service and tribal nations dealt with sweeping changes in forest use, ownership, and management over the last century and a half. Indians and U.S. foresters came together over a shared conservation ethic on many cooperative endeavors; yet, they often clashed over how the nation’s forests ought to be valued and cared for on matters ranging from huckleberry picking and vision quests to road building and recreation development. Marginalized in American society and long denied a seat at the table of public land stewardship, American Indian tribes have at last taken their rightful place and are making themselves heard. Weighing indigenous perspectives on the environment is an emerging trend in public land management in the United States and around the world. The Forest Service has been a strong partner in that movement over the past quarter century.
Urban Forests
Urban Forests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urban Forests write by Jill Jonnes. This book was released on 2016-09-27. Urban Forests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Far-ranging and deeply researched, Urban Forests reveals the beauty and significance of the trees around us.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction “Jonnes extols the many contributions that trees make to city life and celebrates the men and women who stood up for America’s city trees over the past two centuries. . . . An authoritative account.” —Gerard Helferich, The Wall Street Journal “We all know that trees can make streets look prettier. But in her new book Urban Forests, Jill Jonnes explains how they make them safer as well.” —Sara Begley, Time Magazine A celebration of urban trees and the Americans—presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen activists, scientists, nurserymen, and tree nerds—whose arboreal passions have shaped and ornamented the nation’s cities, from Jefferson’s day to the present As nature’s largest and longest-lived creations, trees play an extraordinarily important role in our cities; they are living landmarks that define space, cool the air, soothe our psyches, and connect us to nature and our past. Today, four-fifths of Americans live in or near urban areas, surrounded by millions of trees of hundreds of different species. Despite their ubiquity and familiarity, most of us take trees for granted and know little of their fascinating natural history or remarkable civic virtues. Jill Jonnes’s Urban Forests tells the captivating stories of the founding mothers and fathers of urban forestry, in addition to those arboreal advocates presently using the latest technologies to illuminate the value of trees to public health and to our urban infrastructure. The book examines such questions as the character of American urban forests and the effect that tree-rich landscaping might have on commerce, crime, and human well-being. For amateur botanists, urbanists, environmentalists, and policymakers, Urban Forests will be a revelation of one of the greatest, most productive, and most beautiful of our natural resources.
American Canopy
American Canopy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Canopy write by Eric Rutkow. This book was released on 2013-04-02. American Canopy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the bestselling tradition of Michael Pollan's "Second Nature," this fascinating and unique historical work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and trees across the entire span of our nation's history.
Looking for Longleaf
Looking for Longleaf - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Looking for Longleaf write by . This book was released on . Looking for Longleaf available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
