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Author Berger, John J., 1945-

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

Imprint Chicago : Center for American Places at Columbia College ; San Francisco : In association with Forests Forever Foundation, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.75 B453f 2008    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxii, 306 p., [88] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Series Center books on natural history
Center books in natural history (Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index.
Note "The book is a completely revised, updated, and expanded version of John J. Berger's Understanding Forests (Sierra Club Books, 1998)"--P. 306.
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.
Subject Forests and forestry -- United States.
Forest ecology -- United States.
Forest conservation -- United States.
Forest restoration -- United States.
Added Author Berger, John J., 1945- Understanding forests.
ISBN 193006652X (pbk.)
9781930066526 (pbk.)
9781930066519 (clothbound)
1930066511 (clothbound)
Standard No. AU@ 000041888543
NLGGC 309283566
IG# 9781930066519

 
    
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