forest management

"In March 2020, Martha McPhee, her husband, and their two almost-grown children set out for her childhood home in New Jersey, where she finds herself grappling simultaneously with a mother slipping into severe dementia and a house that's been neglected of late. As Martha works to manage her mother's care and the sprawling, ramshackle property . . . she is pulled back into her childhood, almost against her will. Martha grew up at Omega Farm with her four sisters, five stepsiblings, mother, and stepfather, in a house filled with art, people, and the kind of chaos that was sometimes benevolent, sometimes more sinister. Caring for her mother and her children, struggling to mend the forest, the past relentlessly asserts itself--even as Martha's mother, the person she might share her memories with or even try to hold to account, no longer knows who Martha is"--Provided by publisher.

"Forests have been called the lungs of the world. They produce most of Earth's oxygen. Forests also prevent erosion and provide homes for countless plant and animal species. Many of the world's forests, however, are disappearing"--P. [4] of cover.

Offers a comprehensive study into the problems of deforestation of the Amazon region and provides land-use alternatives and technologies that will preserve the rain forest and benefit the population as a whole.

Studies the ecology, biology, and chemistry of temperate forests and discusses how temperate forests affect modern economy, how the resources of the temperate forests have been used throughout history, how they will be used in the future, and how their disappearance is affecting the environment.

Examines the controversy over the state-managed deer hunt at the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts, and argues that the dispute highlights the fundamental differences in the way people think about and understand nature.

Examines the controversy of a proposed deer hunt on the largest public watershed in Massachusetts.

Contains an examination of the issues related to managing America's forests and trees, providing information from primary and secondary sources such as journals, eyewitness accounts, government documents, and newspaper articles that provide a wide range of perspectives on environmental issues.

Describes how the world's forests are being destroyed, some of the causes and consequences of this destruction, and some ways of preventing it.