old growth forests

Relates biologist David Haskell's observations as she returns every week for a year to the same square-meter patch of old-growth forest in Tennessee.

Provides a guide to visiting the ancient forests of the northeastern United States. Highlights 134 different sites in nine different states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, and Connecticut.

"Peregrine Smith books." An analysis of North America's threatened forest, and a call for its conservation and restoration.

Reveals what can be understood about the natural world through the author's year-long observation of a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest, explaining the scientific ties binding all life and how the ecosystem has cycled for millions ofyears.

Thirteen-year-old, wheelchair-bound Stefan renews his friendship with Carolina as they work together to save an old-growth forest from destruction by loggers.

Describes the life cycles of Douglas Firs in the Pacific Northwest as they relate to ecological issues such as species diversity and air and water filtration.

Text and colored photographs depict old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest.

Discusses the dilemma of the spotted owl, whose existence is threatened by the destruction of its habitat--the ancient, old-growth forests.