Not Just Trees: The Legacy of a Douglas-fir Forest
- ISBN-10
- 0874221692
- ISBN-13
- 9780874221695
- Pages
- 332
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Washington State University Press
- Author
- Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds
Description
This gracefully written story shows all that is lost when we destroy ancient stands of trees--as revealed through a 60-year study of the flora and fauna in an Oregon Coast Range forest that is selectively logged and finally clear-cut.
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