Helping Steward America S Forests

A compelling story of place, Steward’s Fork explores northwest California’s magnificent Klamath Mountains—a region that boasts a remarkable biodiversity, a terrain so rugged that significant landscape features are still being discovered there, and a wealth of natural resources that have been used, and more recently abused, by humans for millennia. James K. Agee, a forest ecologist with more than fifty years experience in the Klamaths, provides a multidimensional perspective on this region and asks: how can we most effectively steward this spectacular landscape toward a sustainable future? In an engaging narrative laced with personal anecdotes, he introduces the dynamics of the Klamath’s ecosystems, including its geology and diverse flora and fauna, and then discusses its native cultures and more recent inhabitants, laying out the effects of industries such as logging, mining, water development, and fishing. Assuming that people will continue to have a close tie to the Klamaths, Agee introduces the principles of restoration ecology to offer a vision of how we can responsibly meet the needs of both people and natural organisms, including plants, fish, and wildlife. This debate over the future of the Klamath’s rich landscape widens into a provocative meditation on nature, culture, and our relationship with the earth itself.

"The creation of the British Columbia Forest Branch in 1912 marked the start of over a century of service by the many women and men who served as stewards of British Columbia's forests. It is a remarkable story. This book honours those decades of service and presents a small portion of the many events and personalities that mark the evolution of British Columbians' relationship with their forest history." --from the Introduction Historians Robert Griffin and Lorne Hammond tell the story of BC's Forest Branch--renamed the Forest Service in 1947--over a century of stewardship of the province's largest industry. The authors relate not just the big stories involving the major personalities, such as H.R. MacMillan, Ernest Manning, C.D. Orchard and Ray Williston, but also the front-line foresters, rangers and firefighters who dedicated their lives--and sometimes risked them--to protect BC's forests. This book is about a group of people who made important contributions to the growth of British Columbia as an economic force in North America.

A Study Guide for Susan Stewart's "The Forest," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.