Description |
xi, 212 p. : map ; 23 cm. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Seabirds on the edge : the Sunshine Coast's marbled murrelets -- Written in the wood : the Western red cedars of Cascadia -- Winter of the devil bear : wolverines of the Columbia Mountains -- Cruelest cut : the Tlingits of Southeast Alaska -- Through the eyes of the Nitinat Chief : logging British Columbia's central coast -- Land of bleeding giants : California's redwoods -- Bear country : fight at the top of the food chain -- Secret world of mushrooms : Oregon's mushroom Mafia -- Interior rainforest : seven days solo in the Granby Wilderness -- On your knees for Alaska Man : Prince of Wales Island's limestone caves -- Sky loggers : harvesting by helicopter -- Salmon forest : death and rebirth on Chichagof Island. |
Summary |
"The remarkable Pacific temperate rainforest has become an endangered landscape, rarer than even the embattled tropical rainforest. In Last Stands, environmental writer Larry Pynn plunges into coastal forests from California to Alaska to explore this unique ecosystem and the complex factors that threaten it." "Whether standing with new-age loggers as they toil beneath the churning blades of a heli-logging operation, witnessing the wolverine's legendary ferocity, bouncing along in the back of a pickup with a couple of bear hunters, or embarking on a week-long solo hike through an uncharted wilderness, Pynn's approach to understanding North America's temperate rainforest - and the creatures and people connected to it - is as diverse and unconventional as the forest itself. The result is a fascinating book, one part impassioned travelogue and one part natural history."--BOOK JACKET. |
Subject |
Old growth forests -- Northwest Coast of North America.
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Old growth forest ecology -- Northwest Coast of North America.
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ISBN |
0870710273 |
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