Writing the Forest in Early Modern England

Writing the Forest in Early Modern England
Author: Jeffrey S. Theis
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Ecocriticism
ISBN: 9780820704234

"An ecocritical study of forests in early modern English literature, this book is the first to identify 'sylvan pastoral' as a distinct literary form and thus makes an important contribution to the growing field of ecocriticism and the history of environmentalism"--Provided by publisher.

British Forests

British Forests
Author: Ian Gambles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Forests and forestry
ISBN: 9781788163132

Founded in 1919 to deal with the chronic timber shortage after the First World War, the Forestry Commission has developed from a government department focused on production into a leading environmental organisation that also champions the landscape, encouraging wildlife and public access. The sheer scale of the organisation between and after the wars meant that it built its own roads and bridges, constructed and supported entire villages and planted over two million acres of forest. Published to mark the centenary of the Commission, British Forests examines not only its unique history but also the Commission's role in research, and the promotion of tree planting in both cities and countryside. The book features a selection of the Nations' forests and beautiful botanical illustrations of trees from its pinetum at Bedgebury in Kent.

Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape

Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape
Author: Tom Wessels
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2010-09-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1581578571

Take some of the mystery out of a walk in the woods with this new field guide from the author of Reading the Forested Landscape. Thousands of readers have had their experience of being in a forest changed forever by reading Tom Wessels's Reading the Forested Landscape. Was this forest once farmland? Was it logged in the past? Was there ever a major catastrophe like a fire or a wind storm that brought trees down? Now Wessels takes that wonderful ability to discern much of the history of the forest from visual clues and boils it all down to a manageable field guide that you can take out to the woods and use to start playing forest detective yourself. Wessels has created a key—a fascinating series of either/or questions—to guide you through the process of analyzing what you see. You’ll feel like a woodland Sherlock Holmes. No walk in the woods will ever be the same.

Reading the Forested Landscape

Reading the Forested Landscape
Author: Tom Wessels
Publisher: Nature
Total Pages: 199
Release: 1999
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780881504200

Chronicles the forest in New England from the Ice Age to current challenges

Forests & Water Guidelines

Forests & Water Guidelines
Author: Great Britain. Forestry Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1993
Genre: Acid rain
ISBN:

This work advises owners and managers how woodlands and forests influence the freshwater ecosystem, and gives guidance on how operations should be carried out in order to protect and enhance the water environment. The guidelines apply equally to forest enterprises and the private sector.