logging

The author's paintings of Canadian lumber camps accompany his first-hand observations of the life of a lumberjack.

"This book touches on topics including the importance of agriculture, farm runoff, responsible harvesting, and reforestation, as well as how these events affect Earth's landscape"--Amazon.

From the deepest underground mines to vast northwest forests, North America is still a land of opportunity when it comes to jobs in resource extraction. Miners and loggers are the hands-on workers in two industries that provide us with raw materials for products and many household and daily necessities. This book highlights these physically demanding but potentially lucrative occupations, and gives young readers detailed guidance on how to break into them. It also provides tips on safety and health, advancement, and many other aspects of these vital economic sectors.

Orphaned in 1929 Lizzie, twelve, is sent to a Vancouver logging camp where the camp boss, a scoundrel, gives her a perilous job while seeking ransom from her absent uncle.

"Big Jim Hickory is a very good lumberjack but begins to worry when his tree-felling causes his woodland friends to lose their homes. So he decides to take quick action to find them a new place to live. Luckily, Jim comes up with a creative idea that will change the way they share the forest and the way they all define home."--Publisher.

Readers will love the folk tales describing the exploits of Bunyan and his pet, Babe the Blue Ox. Amusing images accompany the lively text, while fact boxes shed some light on each story’s origins.

"In late 1800s Minnesota, 13-year-old Ben Ward goes to work with his father in a lumber camp and signs up for a log drive with his friend Nevers, where together they endure freezing weather, dangerous rapids, logjams, storms, floods, and pioneer life in general"--Provided by publisher.

Describes how Julia Butterfly Hill lived for two years in a California redwood tree in an attempt to save the forest from loggers.

Examines how the destruction of an ancient tree impacted the Haida, a legendary seafaring tribe based in the Queen Charlottes, explaining what the tree had symbolized to the tribe and everyone who laid eyes on it.

Describes how elephants are trained to help in the timber camps of Myanmar, and their important contribution to the selective and sustainable harvesting of teak there.