The forests of Michigan
Edition
Revised and updated.
Publication Information
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Physical Description
xi, 321 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Summary
The Forests of Michigan explores how the forests came back after the great Wisconsin glacier began to recede over 12,000 years ago, and how they recovered from the onslaught of unrestrained logging and wildfire that, beginning in the mid-1800s, virtually wiped them out. The emphasis of the book is on sustaining for the long term the forests of the state, with a view of sustainability that builds not only upon the lessons learned from native peoples' attitude and use of trees but also on the latest scientific principles of forest ecology and management.