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2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School LibrariesWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association AwardBefore Forks, a small town on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed “Logging Capital of the World” and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests. Since Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William Dietrich first published The Final Forest in 1992, logging in Forks has given way to tourism, but even with its new fame, Forks is still a home to loggers and others who make their living from the surrounding forests. The new edition recounts how forest policy and practices have changed since the early 1990s and also tells us what has happened in Forks and where the actors who were so important to the timber wars are now.For more information on the author to to: http://williamdietrich.com/

Old growth forests --- Old growth forest conservation --- Logging

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Forest Family highlights the importance of the old-growth forests of Southwest Australia to art, culture, history, politics, and community identity. The volume weaves together the natural and cultural histories of Southwest eucalypt forests, spanning pre-settlement, colonial, and contemporary periods. The contributors critique a range of content including historical documents, music, novels, paintings, performances, photography, poetry, and sculpture representing ancient Australian forests. Forest Family centers on the relationship between old-growth nature and human culture through the narrative strand of the Giblett family of Western Australia and the forests in which they settled during the nineteenth century. The volume will be of interest to general readers of environmental history, as well as scholars in critical plant studies and the environmental humanities.

Old growth forests --- Human-plant relationships --- Forests in literature. --- History.

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Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in decline. Given the importance of forests in battling climate change and the fact that old-growth forests are shrinking at a rate of 0.5% per year, these new results have come not a moment too soon. This book is the first ever to focus on the ecosystem functioning of old-growth forests. It is an exhaustive compendium of information that contains original work conducted by the authors. In addition, it is truly global in scope as it studies boreal forests in Canada, temperate old-growth forests in Europe and the Americas, and global tropical forests. Written in part to affect future policy, this eminently readable book is as useful for the scientist and student as it is for the politician and politically-interested layman.

Old growth forest ecology. --- Old growth forests. --- Old growth forests --- Old growth forest ecology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Botany --- Forestry --- Plant Ecology --- Ancient forests --- Virgin forests --- Ecology --- Life sciences. --- Geobiology. --- Ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Plant ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Forestry. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Biogeosciences. --- Forests and forestry --- Forest ecology --- Forests and forestry. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Nature conservation --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Plants --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology . --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Floristic ecology

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Millions of urbanites never see primeval forests during their lives except for the old growth forests found in urban parks. Unfortunately, these forests are on the verge of disappearing because arboreal reproduction is lost to human trampling and park administrators and urban foresters do not maintain these “natural” forests. To aid urban foresters and park managers in meeting the challenges, research on old growth forests in urban parks is synthesized in terms of historical ecology to introduce the methods utilized to reveal long-term forest composition changes. The case study of three stands in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA relates pre-chestnut blight tree species densities and post-chestnut blight arboreal changes to fire and visitor trampling. The information gained on how urban old growth forests have developed and changed is used to develop restoration ecology based frameworks to restore species composition and address challenges to forest survival including invasive species.

Old growth forest ecology --- Old growth forests --- Urban forestry --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Urban forestry. --- Old growth forests. --- Ancient forests --- Virgin forests --- City forestry --- Forestry, Urban --- Urban forests --- Life sciences. --- Ecology. --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Forestry management. --- Nature conservation. --- Life Sciences. --- Terrestial Ecology. --- Urban Ecology. --- Forestry Management. --- Nature Conservation. --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Forest administration --- Forest plants --- Forest resource administration --- Forest resource management --- Forest stewardship --- Forest vegetation management --- Forestry management --- Forests and forestry --- Stewardship, Forest --- Vegetation management, Forest --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Conservation --- Management --- Administration --- Control --- Environmental aspects --- Arboriculture --- Urban vegetation management --- Trees in cities --- Forests and forestry. --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Afforestation --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Ecology .

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Northern forested landscapes are important habitats for many boreal birds. This Special Issue portrays the current state of knowledge on boreal bird diversity, ecology, management, and conservation. Humans have diverse impacts on boreal habitats worldwide, and knowledge of the avian community associated with these northern forests is key to conservation measures.

boreal --- buffering --- climate change --- forest bird --- macroclimate --- population decline --- protected areas --- topographic heterogeneity --- bird distribution and abundance --- boreal birds --- Canada Warbler --- Cardellina canadensis --- Zonation --- reserve design --- Euphagus carolinus --- nest success --- post-fledging --- rusty blackbird --- survivorship --- streams --- wetlands --- range periphery --- spruce–fir forests --- range shift --- community dynamics --- red squirrel --- wetland --- point count --- remotely sensed landscape data --- unmarked --- boreal forest --- clear-cutting --- conservation --- forest management --- old-growth forest --- Picoides dorsalis --- Black Belt Prairie --- citizen science --- machine learning --- niche modeling --- group size --- habitat use --- species distribution models --- Rusty Blackbird --- boreal wetlands --- aquatic macroinvertebrates --- foraging ecology --- occupancy modeling --- genetic diversity --- glacial refugia --- phylogeography --- n/a --- spruce-fir forests