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Understanding forests
Record details
- ISBN: 0871564203 (softcover)
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 188 p. ; 21 cm. - Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Sierra Club Books, c1998.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Sierra Club book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-183) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The bounteous forest -- The forest resource -- Where have all the forests gone? -- Conservation efforts -- The US Forest Service -- Forestry and logging techniques -- Of old growth, Spotted owls, and salvage logging -- Clearcutting -- Forests, money and jobs -- Sustainable forestry -- Restoration forestry -- Tropical forests and international forestry issues -- Saving forests -- How to plant trees. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Campus Library | SD 143 B47 1998 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001314525 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An introductory guide to the complex ecosystems that make up North America's wild forests explains the way that forests work, the controversies over their protection, the consequences of forest destruction, and the principles of forest management. Original. - Baker & Taylor
Provides an introduction to the complex ecosystem of the North American forest and the economic, social, and political issues that are crucial to forest preservation - Book News
A valuable introduction to the issues surrounding forest ecosystems, US Forest Service management practices, logging techniques, the principles of sustainable and restoration forestry, and the economic and political issues underlying today's struggle over forestry practices and preservation efforts. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
