Looking for Longleaf
Subtitle: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: September 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780807828861
Subjects: Conservation of wildlife & habitats; Forests, rainforests; Management of land & natural resources; Trees & wildflowers; Nature/Ecology; Forests and forestry; Nature; United States - General; Central Southern states; Southern States; Ecology; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Trees & Forests - General; Nature / Trees; Southeast; longleaf pine; forest ecosystem; environmental history; longleaf pine ecosystem; naval stores; lumber industries; biodiversity; restoration;  Piney Woods; forest management; lumbering; timber; slavery; cultural history; Native Americans; ecology; forestry;  forest history; North American forests; fire; southern pines; Southeast; southeastern coastal plain;  ecosystem restoration; Agriculture - Forestry; Longleaf pine
First sentence: A longleaf pine forest on a bright day is a light and sound show.
Description: "Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed longleaf restoration a major goal, but has it come too late?" "In Looking for Longleaf, Lawrence S. Earley explores the history of these forests and the astonishing biodiversity of the longleaf ecosystem by weaving together extensive research, first-person travel accounts, and interviews with foresters, ecologists, biologists, botanists, and landowners. Taking a broad ecological view, Earley places humans in the story as characters whose actions interrelate in complex ways with other life in the ecosystem."--Jacket.