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Forests forever : their ecology, restoration, and protection / by John J. Berger ; with a foreword by Charles E. Little.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Center books in natural history (Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago) ; 2nd v.Publication details: Chicago : Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago ; San Francisco : In association with Forests Forever Foundation ; [Chicago] : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 306 p., [88] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781930066519 (clothbound)
  • 1930066511 (clothbound)
  • 9781930066526 (pbk.)
  • 193006652X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.750973 22
LOC classification:
  • SD143 .B46 2008
Contents:
The bounteous forest -- The forest resource -- Where have all the forests gone? -- Conservation efforts -- The U.S. Forest Service -- New developments in U.S. forest policy -- Forestry and logging techniques -- Of old growth, spotted owls, and salvage logging -- Clearcutting -- Forests, money, and jobs -- Sustainable forestry -- Restoration forestry -- Saving forests -- Tropical forests and international forestry issues -- How to plant trees.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index.

"The book is a completely revised, updated, and expanded version of John J. Berger's Understanding Forests (Sierra Club Books, 1998)"--P. 306.

The bounteous forest -- The forest resource -- Where have all the forests gone? -- Conservation efforts -- The U.S. Forest Service -- New developments in U.S. forest policy -- Forestry and logging techniques -- Of old growth, spotted owls, and salvage logging -- Clearcutting -- Forests, money, and jobs -- Sustainable forestry -- Restoration forestry -- Saving forests -- Tropical forests and international forestry issues -- How to plant trees.

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