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Further readings for Chapter 12 (forests and parks)
Amber, Dave. 2001. “Converging on Marine Reserves” The Scientist 15 (8) April 16, 2001. Research and policy point to protected ocean parks to protect threatened marine resources.
Ariyoshi, Rita. 1997. “Halting a Coral Catastrophe,” Nature Conservancyˆ47(1):20-25. Cyanide fishing is decimating the IndoPacific’s species-rich reefs but steps are being taking to turn the tide.
Arno, Stephen F. and Steven Allison-Bunnell. 2002. Flames in Our Forest: Disaster or Renewal? Island Press. Explains the role of fire in forest regeneration and how it might be reintroduced.
Aronson, J. et al. 2007. Restoring Natural Capital: Science, Business, and Practice. Island Press. Brings together practitioners from many fields to consider the costs and benefits of repairing ecosystem goods and services in natural and socioecological systems.
Asner, Gregory P., et al. 2005. “Selective logging in the Brazilian Amazon.” Science 310 (5747): 480-482. Remote sensing can’t detect selective logging, which may have doubled the amount of damage to the Amazonian forest compared to satellite estimates.
Ayres, Ed. 2003. “Mapping the Nature of Diversity.” World-Watch 16 (2): 30-35. A landmark project reveals a correspondence between indigenous land use and the survival of natural areas.
Backer, D. M., et al. 2004. “Impacts of Fire-Suppression Activities on Natural Communities.” Conservation Biology 18 (4): 937-947. The ecological impacts of wildland fire-suppression activities may surpass the impacts of the fire itself.
Backes, David (ed). 2001. The Meaning of Wilderness: Essential Articles and Speeches by Sigurd F. Olson, Univ. of Minnesota Press. Examines the evolution of the wilderness ethic in one of the leaders in the American Conservation movement.
Bakker, V.J. and D.H. Van Vuren. 2004. “Gap-crossing decisions by the red squirrel, a forest-dependent mammal.” Conservation Biology 18 (3): 689-697. In fragmented landscapes, species must traverse potentially dangerous territory to move between habitat patches.
Bardsley, Douglas. 2003. “Risk alleviation via in situ agrobiodiversity conservation: drawing from experiences in Switzerland, Turkey and Nepal.” Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment v. 99 (3): 149-57
Barringer, Mark Daniel. 2002. Selling Yellowstone: Capitalism and the Construction of Nature. Univ of Kansas Press. Examines the role of business in creation and development of our national parks.
Bass, Rick (ed). 2003. The Roadless Yaak: Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wild Places Lyons Press. A collection of essays about the Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana
Bass, Rick. 2004. “An American Eden.” OnEarth 26 (2): 34-38. A lyrical description of the 10,000 acre Gold Hill roadless area in Northwest Montana.
Bass, Rick. 2004. “The Fight for Canada’s Muskwa-Kechika.” OnEarth 26 (1): 20-27. A plan to save 15.5 million acre of spectacular wilderness in British Columbia’s northern Rockies is starting to unravel.
Basset, Y., et al. 2004. “Conservation and biological monitoring of tropical forests: The role of parataxonomists.” Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 163–174. Indigenous people can provide high-quality biological specimens and ecological information, while education of local people in conservation biology is an important tool in forest protection.
Beatley, Timothy, et al. 2002. An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management 2nd ed. Island Press. An updated overview of coastal planning and management.
Bedward, Michael, Robert L. Pressey, and David A. Keith. 2000. A new approach for selecting fully representative reserve networks: Addressing efficiency, reserve design and land suitability with an iterative analysis. Biological Conservation 62: 115-125.
Behan, Richard W. 2001. Plundered Promise: Capitalism, Politics, and the Fate of the Federal Lands. Island Press. A leading resource management scholar presents a history and analysis of public lands management in the United States
Berger, Joel. 2004. “The Last Mile: How to Sustain Long-Distance Migration in Mammals.” Conservation Biology 18 (2): 320-332. Comparison of terrestrial mammals from five continentsindicate that remnant long-distant migrants have poor long-term prospects.
Berkes, Fikret. 2004. “Rethinking Community Based Conservation.” Conservation Biology 18 (3): 621-631. Suggests conceptual shifts—toward a systems view, toward the inclusion of humans in the ecosystem, and toward participatory approaches to ecosystem management that are essential in community-based conservation.
Best, Constance and Laurie A. Wayburn. 2001. America’s Private Forests: Status and Stewardship. Island Press. How private forests can be sustainably managed.
Beston, Henry. 2003. The Outermost House. Henry Holt & Co. A reprint of a classic set of essays about living at the edge of the sea on Cape Cod.
Bhagwat, S.A. and C. Rutte 2007. “Sacred groves: potential for biodiversity management.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4 (10): 519-524. Nature preserves often don’t cover important habitats and are resented by local people. Protecting sacred groves can enhance nature preservation.
Blaine, Mark. 2003. “Collateral Damage.” Forest Magazine 5 (4): 32-39. A alarming look at firefighting practices and their environmental consequences.
Blaine, Mark. 2003. “In Deep Water.” Forest Magazine 5 (3): 15-19. Logging in the Ozark National Forest is causing erosion and stream damage.
Bourne, J. 2000. "On the Trail of the 'Sang Poachers," Audubon 102 (2): 84-91. Medicinal plants such as ginseng and goldseal are disappearing from our forests at an alarming rate.
Brandon, K. et al. 1998. Parks in Peril: People, Politics and Protected Areas. Island Press. A report from the Nature Conservancy on its experiences in protecting natural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Braun, Bruce W. 2002. The Intemperate Rainforest: Nature, Culture, and Power on Canada's West Coast University of Minnesota Press. Explores the ways West Coast landscapes have been viewed and controlled by explorers, foresters, environmentalists, artists, scientists, adventure travelers, and Native peoples.
Bright, Chris and Ashley Mattoon. 2001. “New Hope for a Rainforest.” World Watch. 14 (6): 8-16. The Atlantic forest of Brazil may be the first of the world’s hotspots to heal. Or maybe not.
Bright, Chris. 2001. “The Chocolate Factor.” World Watch 14(6) 17-29. Shade-grown chocolate could help bring back endangered rainforests.
Brooks, T. M. 2004. “Protected Areas and Species.” Conservation Biology 18 (3): 616 – 618. Biogeography is essential in conservation planning.
Brosius, J. P. 2004. “Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas at the World Parks Congress.” Conservation Biology 18 (3): 609- 612. Indigenous people protest conservation plans developed without their participation.
Brown, Lester 2002. “World’s rangelands deteriorating under mounting pressure.” Eco-Economy Update #6. Earth Policy Institute. Overgrazing causes soil erosion.
Bruner, A.G., et al. 2001. “Effectiveness of parks in protecting tropical biodiversity.” Science 291: 125-128. Community-based conservation sometimes works better than simply putting up a fence and saying, “this is a park.”
Burke, Adam 2004. “Keepers of the flame.” High Country News 36 (21): 9-14. A new generation of forest managers works with fire, rather than just fighting it.
Burke, Lauretta, et al. 2002. Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia. World Resources Institute. Coral reefs rival tropical rainforests in species richness, but 58 percent of all reefs are threatened by human activities.
Burnham, Philip. 2000. Indian Country, God’s Country: Native Americans and the National Parks. Island Press. Traces the complex relationship between Native Americans and our National Parks.
Byington, Cara. 2005. “Spirit of the Great Bear Rainforest” Nature Conservancy 55 (1): 36-50. Beautiful pictures and good news about saving 21 million acres of British Columbia’s temperate coastal rainforest.
Campbell, G.S., et al., 2002. “Can landscape-scale characteristics be used to predict plant invasions along rivers?” Journal of Biogeography 29 (4): 535-544.
Chadwick, Douglas H. 2003. “Pacific Suite” National Geographic 203 (2): 104-127 February 2003. Great photos of Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound, site of Canada’s largest environmental protest.
Chapin, Mac. 2004. “A challenge to conservationists.” World Watch 17 (6): 17-31. A critique of the three largest international conservation organizations and their treatment of indigenous people. See vol 18 (1) January/February 2005 for responses by the NGOs and others.
Chapman, K. 2001. “Prairie Revival.” OnEarth 23(3): 24-30. A movement to protect and restore prairies in the journal formerly known as Amicus Journal.
Chapman, K. A. and P. B. Reich. 2006. “Land use and habitat gradients determine bird community diversity and abundance in suburban, rural and reserve landscapes of Minnesota, USA.” Biological Conservation 135: 543 – 557. Total bird richness and diversity were as high in suburban as in rural and reserve plots, but not as high as high-quality grasslands or forests.
Christensen, Jon. 2004. “Who will take over the ranch?” High County News 36 (6): 7 – 15. Western ranch lands are being divided up for vacation homes and hobby farms. Conservationists and ranchers are working together to save open space.
Clark, F.S., R.B. Slusher. 2000. “Using spatial analysis to drive reserve design: A case study of a national wildlife refuge in Indiana and Illinois (USA).” Landscape Ecology 15: 75-84. Discusses reserve design principles for oak savanna restoration,
Clark, K.L., et al. 1998. “Cloud water and precipitation chemistry in a tropical montane forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica. Atmospheric Environment 32: 1595-1603.
Clarke, Chris. 1999. “Logging on Top of the World,” Earth Island Journal 14(3): 32-33. A stinging criticism of Chinese forestry policies in Tibet. Part of a special section on the conservation crisis in Asia.
Clarke, F. M, et al. 2005. “A Comparison of Logging Systems and Bat Diversity in the Neotropics.” Conservation Biology 19 (4): 1194-1204. Periodic block cutting is more compatible with biodiversity preservation in Trinidad than open range logging.
Clevenger, A. P. and N. Waltho. 2004. “Performance indices to identify attributes of highway crossing structures facilitating movement of large mammals” Biological Conservation 121 (3): 453-464. Bridges, culverts and other wildlife corridors can be effective in connecting isolated habitats, but human dimensions must be considered as well.
Clifford, Hal. 2003. “Downill Slide” Sierra 88 (1): 35-39. Corporate ski resorts foster sprawl, consume resources, and damage forest habitat.
Colchester, M. 2000. “Self-determination or environmental determinism for indigenous peoples in tropical forest conservation.” Conservation Biology 14 (5): 1365-1367. Local knowledge and cooperation are important in conservation.
Coomes, D.A. et al. 2003. Factors preventing the recovery of New Zealand forests following control of invasive deer. Conservation Biology 17(2): 450-459.
Cornell, Stephen. 2006. “Indigenous Peoples, Poverty, and Self-Determination in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States” Joint Occasional Papers on Native Affairs JOPNA No 2006-2. The author argues that effective solutions to indigenous poverty depend on self-determination.
Craighead, John J., et al. 1995. The Grizzly Bears of Yellowstone. Island Press. The results of 31 years of groundbreaking but controversial wildlife research.
Cronon, William (ed). 1996. Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature. W.W.Norton. A collection of essays by noted environmental historians and philosophers about our attitudes toward nature.
Cronon, William. 2003. The Riddle of the Apostle Islands.” Orion 22 (3): 36-42. How do you manage a wilderness full of human history?
Cullen, Laury, et al. 2005. “Land Reform and Biodiversity Conservation in Brazil in the 1990s: Conflict and the Articulation of Mutual Interests.” Conservation Biology 19 (3): 747-755. Land reform is essential to forest protection.
Cunningham, M. A. 2000. Grassland birds do better on private lands than public lands. CURA Reporter 30(2):1-9. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands on private farms often have better quality prairie than do public preserves.
Cunningham, M. A., and D. H. Johnson. 2006. “Proximate and landscape factors influence grassland bird distributions.” Ecological Applications 16(3):1062-1075. GIS analysis shows that grassland birds respond to habitat features at a variety of scales.
Daby, D. 2003. “Effects of seagrass bed removal for tourism purposes in a Mauritian bay Environmental Pollution 125(3) (2003) 313-324. Removing sea grass so tourists can swim comfortably damages aquatic ecosystems.
Daehler, C.C., et al. 2004. “A Risk-Assessment System for Screening Out Invasive Pest Plants from Hawaii and Other Pacific Islands.” Conservation Biology 18 (2): 360-369. A screening system can determine which exotic species are most problematic.
Dagget, Dan. 2000. Beyond the Rangeland Conflict : Toward a West That Works (2nd ed). Univ. of Nevada Press. Argues that ranchers, environmentalists, and government agents can find realistic compromises on how manage western rangelands.
Davis, L. S., et al. 2001. Forest Management 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Co. An introduction to forest management and land-use planning.
Davis, M.A., et al. 2000. “Restoring savanna using fire: impact on the breeding bird community.” Restoration Ecology. 8: 30-40. Investigates fire impact on nesting bird populations.
Davis, Tom, 2000. Sustaining the Forest, the People and the Spirit. State University of New York Press. An excellent history of sustainable forestry practices in the Menominee Forest of Wisconsin.
Davis, Tony. 2005. “Rangeland Revival.” High Country News 37 (6): 6-13, 19. Describes how the Quivira Coalition attempts to find a middle ground between grazing and preservation of western rangelands.
DellaSala, D. A., et al. 2004. “Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: a Synthesis of Fire Policy and Science.” Conservation Biology 18 (4): 976-987. Suggests a framework for prioritizing fuel treatments and restoration activities in the wildlands-urban intermix versus those in areas farther from human settlement.
D
ellaSala, D.A., et al. 2006. The facts and myths of post-fire management: a case study of the Biscuit fire, southwest Oregon. World Wildlife Fund: Klamath-Siskiyou Program, 116 Lithia Way, Ashland, Oregon. A conference of experts conclude that many of the justifications for salvage logging have no ecological basis.
Dolan, Josh. 2005. “Re-wilding North America.” Nature Published online: 17 August 2005; | doi:10.1038/436913a. A plan to restore animals that disappeared 13,000 years ago from Pleistocene North America offers an alternative conservation strategy for the twenty-first century
Dombeck, Michael P., Christopher A. Wood, and Jack E. Williams. 2003. From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy. Island Press. Examines the history of public lands in the United States and the challenges in managing them.
Dombeck, Michael P., Christopher A. Wood, and Jack E. Williams. 2004. “Wildfire Policy and Public Lands: Integrating Scientific Understanding with Social Concerns across Landscapes.” Conservation Biology 18 (4): 883-890. Describes problems in wildfire suppression and suggests alternative management practices to restore forest health.
Donahue, Debra L. 2000. The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity. Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
Donato, D. C., et al. 2006. “Post-Wildfire Logging Hinders Regeneration and Increases Fire Risk.”Sciencexpress www.sciencexpress.org/ 5 January 2006: 1-3.
Donovan, G.H. and T. C. Brown. 2007. “Be careful what you wish for: the legacy of Smokey Bear” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5 (2): 73-79. Forest fire suppression has had unintended conquences.
du Toit, Johan T. et al. 2003. The Kruger Experience: Ecology and Management of Savanna Heterogeneity. Island Press. Records a century of research and management of Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Dunn, Robert R. 2004. “Recovery of Faunal Communities During Tropical Forest Regeneration.” Conservation Biology. 18 (2): 302- 309. If forests are allowed to regenerate, many animal species can be preserved.
Early. Lawrence S. 2004. Looking for Longleaf : The Fall and Rise of an American Forest. Univ. of North Carolina Press. The human history and ecology of southern pine forests.
Easthouse, Keith. 2000. "Wildlife Sleuths," Forest January/February 2000: 14-17. Scientists track down wildlife poachers
Easthouse, Keith. 2000. “The Roar of Motors.” Forest May/June 2000: 14-20. Off-road vehicle traffic is increasing in national forests as is the controversy over where and how their use should be regulated.
Easthouse, Keith. 2001. “A Sanctuary Threatened.” Forest (May/June 2001): 18-28. A plea to save the Arctic national Wildlife Refuge.
Easthouse, Keith. 2001. “Buried Ground.” Forest January/February 2001: 15-21. Argues that clearcut logging upstream threatens to bury California’s Redwood National Park in mudslides and debris.
Ebersole, Rene S. 2001. “The New Zoo.” Audubon 103 (6): 64-70. Zoos are saving wildlife in wild places.
Egan, Dave and Evelyn Howell (eds). 2000. The Historical Ecology Handbook: A Restorationist’s Guide to Reference Ecosystems. Island Press. To determine what needs to be restored and how to do it, we need to understand what ecosystems were like before they were disturbed.
Epstein, N., et al. 2004. “Alleviating impacts of anthropogenic activities by traditional conservation measures: can a small reef reserve be sustainedly managed?” Biological Conservation. 121 (2): 243-255. In small marine preserves, mere enclosure may not be enough to preserve communities; active restoration approaches, such as the "gardening concept" may be needed.
Failing, Lee and Gregory, Robin. 2003. “Ten common mistakes in designing biodiversity indicators for forest policy.” Journal of Environmental Management 68:121-132. Identifies 10 common 'mistakes' in using biodiversity indicators from the standpoint of making better forest management choices.
Fischer, Markus and Sonja Wipf 2002. “Effect of low-intensity grazing on the species-rich vegetation of traditionally mown subalpine meadows”. Biololgical Conservation 104(1): 1-11. Grazing on Swiss meadows can gradually lead to the loss of species diversity.
Fischman, Robert L. 2004. The National Wildlife Refuges: Coordinating A Conservation System Through Law. Island Press. Examines the laws and policies governing wildlife refuges.
Foley JA, et al. 2003. Green surprise? How terrestrial ecosystems could affect earth’s climate. Frontiers in Ecoological Environment 1: 38–44. An examination of how land-use and landcover change may affect global climate,
Freyfogle, Eric. 2003. The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good. Shearwater Books. Argues that private land ownership carries public obligations.
Friederici, Peter (ed). 2003. Ecological Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests. Island Press. A collection of views on the need for and practice of restoration in this important biome.
Friederici, Peter. 2007. “Peace Breaks Out In New Mexico’s Forests.” High Country News 38 (20): 8-13. Loggers and environmentalists forge new paths to protect forests and the local economy.
Fule, Peter,Z. et al. 2004. “Effects of an Intense Prescribed Forest Fire: Is It Ecological Restoration?” Restoration Ecology 12 (2) 220-230. A relatively intense fire in Grand Canyon National Park gave a closer reconstruction of pre-European settlement forest conditions than did forest thinning or light prescribed burning.
Garrett-Davis, Josh. 20004. “Prairie Conundrum.” High Country News 36 (14): 8-14, 19. Prairie conservation is taking root, but federal farm policy is still busting sod.
Geatz, R. 1999. "The Great Rivers of Yunnan," Nature Conservancy 49(3):10-17. In a remote, mountainous region of western Yunnan, four of the great rivers of Southeast Asia run in parallel through a magnificent, but relatively unknown parkland.
Gell, Fiona R. and M. Callum. 2003. “Benefits beyond boundaries: The fishery effects of marine reserves.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 18: 448-455. No take zones help replenish adjacent fish stocks.
Gibson, C. C ., et al., 2000. People and Forests: Communities, Institutions, and Governance. MIT Press. What are the causes and effects of global deforestation?
Graham, Frank. 2003. “Where Wildlife Rules” Audubon 105 (2): 40-49. Lead article in a special issue on the U.S. Wildlife Refuge System.
Green, M. H. 2000. "Continental Divides," Nature Conservancy 50(1):18-25. A case for wildlife corridors in the northern Rockies.
Guardans, R. 2002. “Estimation of climate change influence on the sensitivity of trees in Europe to air pollution concentrations.” Environmental Science and Policy 5 (4): 319-333
Guha, Ramachandra. 1990. The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Indian Himalaya. University of California Press. Traditional forest inhabitants resist scientific forestry and nationalization of local resources.
Halpern, Benjamin S. and Robert R. Warner. 2002. “Marine reserves have rapid and lasting effects.” Ecology Letters 5: 361-366. No take zones help replenish adjacent fish stocks.
Handler, Marisa. 2005. “The New Amazon.” Orion 24 (1): 52-63. Ecuadorian natives protest oil pollution and degradation of traditional lands.
Hardner, Jared and Richard Rice. 2002. “Rethinking Green Consumerism.” Scientific American 286(5): 88-95. Buying “green” products isn’t enough to save biodiversity in the tropics. A plan for marketing conservation services may be the answer.
Harris, David. 1996. The Last Stand: The War between Wall Street and Main Street over California’s Ancient Redwoods. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club. The ongoing battle between environmentalists and business over irreplaceable natural resources in California.
Harwell, E. 1999. "Indonesian Inferno," Natural History 108(6): 34-39. A good description of forest fires, many deliberately set, that darkened southeast Asian skies.
Havlick, David G. 2002. No Place Distant: Roads and Motorized Recreation on America’s Public Lands. Island Press. Effects of motorized access on public lands.
Hazen, H. D. and P. J Anthamatten. 2004. “Representation of ecoregions by protected areas at the global scale.” Physical Geography 25 (6): 499-512. Some biomes are well represented among protected areas, while others are not.
Heinselman, M. L. 1996. The Boundary Waters Wilderness ecosystem. University of Minnesota Press. A masterful compilation of information about a forest ecosystem.
Hemenway, Toby. 2001. Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Chelsea Green.. Describes how the husbandry of living resources, particularly partnerships between plants and soil organisms, can help support sustainable agriculture.
Herring, Hal. 2004. Nature Conservancy 54 (4): 20-28. Can military bases provide habitat for endangered species?
Hoekstra, J. M, et al. 2005. “Confronting a biome crisis: global disparities of habitat loss and protection.” Ecology Letters 8: 23-29. Some biomes have fairly good protection levels, but others—particularly temperate grasslands and Mediterranean biomes need more protection.
Honey, Martha. 2002. Ecotourism and Certification: Setting Standards in Practice. Island Press. A proposal for rating lodges, resorts, tour operators, and other sectors of the tourism industry for their environmental and social impacts.
Hooftman, D., et al. 2004. “Genetic Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Common Species of Swiss Fen Meadows” Conservation Biology 18 (4): 1043-1051. As expected, small habitat fragments have less genetic diversity than larger areas.
Horton, Tom. 2003. “The New Old Growth.” Orion 22 (6): 18-25. Land logged a century or two ago in the eastern U.S. is regaining old growth status.
Horton, Tom. 2003. Turning the Tide: Saving the Chesapeake Bay (revised and expanded edition) Island Press. Updates a classic on restoration of the United States greatest estuary.
Houle, Marcy. 2003. “Prairie Pastoral” Nature Conservancy 53 (4):22-29. A richly illustrated article about saving the Zumwalt Prairie in Oregon.
Huang, H., et al. 2002. “Conserving Native Plants in China” Science 297: 935-936. 9 August 2002. Biological reserves may be the best way to protect endemic species.
Huang, W. 1997. “Agroforestry in China: Present State and Future Potential,” Ambio 26 (6): 24-30 Major agroforestry systems are estimated to cover 45 million ha. in China, and agroforestry is reported to have a positive effect on soil conservation and biodiversity.
Huntzinger, M. 2003. “Effects of fire management practices on butterfly diversity in the forested western United States.” Biological Conservation 113 (1): 1-12. Fire suppression has reduced habitat for some rare and endangered species.
Imhoff, Daniel. 2003. Farming With The Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches. Watershed Media and Sierra Club. profiles from more than 20 states of farmers, ranchers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations who are striving to develop and renew successful agricultural practices that are compatible with wild Nature.
Ivereigh, Djuna. 2003. “It Takes A Forest.”Nature Conservancy 53 (2): 20-31. A newly discovered populations of orangutans in Borneo is endangered by logging.
Izakson, Orna. 2004. “Forest Service leadership as seen from the ranks.” Forest Magazine Fall 2004: 14-19. Forest Service employees decry the politicization of top ranks in the USFS.
Jenkins, Matt. 2004. “Two decades of hard work, plowed under.” High Country News 36 (1): 7-15. The Bush Administration has ordered the Bureau of Land Management to stop designating wilderness areas in the western U.S.
Jordan, William R. 2003. The Sunflower Forest: Ecological Restoration and the New Communion with Nature. University of California Press. A vision of a new environmental ethic based on two decades of experience in restoring nature.
Kalluri, S. et al. 2003. “The potential of remote sensing data for decision makers at the state, local and tribal level: experiences from NASA's Synergy program.” Environmental Science and Policy 6 (6): 487-500. GIS is a useful tool for policy makers.
Kaltenborn, B.P. and D.R. Williams. 2002. “The meaning of place: Attachments to Femundsmarka National Park, Norway, among tourists and locals.” Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift 56, no.3: 189-198.
Karieva, P. (ed.) 2002. “Applying ecological science to recovery planning.” Ecological Applications 12(3): 629-723. Examples of habitat conservation plans and restoration planning.
Karjala, M.K. and S.M. Dewhurst. 2003. “Including aboriginal issues in forest planning: a case study in central interior British Columbia, Canada.” Landscape and Urban Planning: 64 (1-2): 1-17. How should native land claims be recognized?
Kati, V., et al. 2004. “Hotspots, complementarity or representativeness? Designing optimal small-scale reserves for biodiversity conservation.” Biological Conservation 120 (4): 471-480. This study shows that preserving individual species may not be the best way to protect overall biodiversity.
Kerasote, T. 2001. “The Future of Our Forests/Good Wood” Audubon 103 (1): 44-57. Profiles of five of our most important forest species followed by an excellent review of sustainable forestry practices and sustainable wood marketing programs.
Kerasote, Ted 2004. Out There in the Wild. Voyageur Press. What’s the place of high technology in the wilderness?
Kerasote, Ted. 2002. Return of the Wild: The Future of Our Natural Lands. Island Press. An overview of the state of wilderness in the U.S.
Kingsolver, Barbara. 2003. “The Way to Nueva Vida.” Sierra. 88 (5): 34-37. Residents in the Yucatan jungle defend the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
Knight, Richard L., et al. 2002. Ranching West of the 100th Meridian: Culture Ecology and Economic. Island Press. A thought-provoking look at ranchers' ecological commitments to the land, their cultural commitments to American society, and the economic role ranching plays in sustainable food production and the protection of biodiversity.
Kohm, Kathryn A. and Jerry F. Franklin, eds. 1997. Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century: The Science of Ecosystem Management. Island Press. A comprehensive work focused on real-world applications of ecosystem management, new forestry, and sustainability.
Kull, Christian A. 2004. Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar. University of Chicago Press. Details the centuries-long political struggle between foresters, government officials, herders and farmers over the proper use of fire in one of the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots.
LaDuke, Winona. 2002. “The Salt Woman and the Coal Mine.” Sierra 87 (6): 44—47, 73. A salt lake sacred to the Zuni people is threatened by a coal mine.
Lambin, Eric F. and Helmut J. Geist. 2003. “Regional differences in tropical deforestation.” Environment, 45 (6): 22-35 Deforestation vary substantially between Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
Larsen, Kim. 2003. “Extreme Measures” On Earth 25 (3): 12-19 Describes bushmeat hunting and Paul Elkin’s efforts to control it in the Gualago Triangle adjacent to Nouable-Ndoki National Park in the Congo.
Laurance, Susan G. W. 2004. “Responses Of Understory Rain Forest Birds To Road Edges In Central Amazonia.” Ecological Applications: 14 (5): 1344–1357. Amazonian understory birds respond negatively to artificial edges created by roads.
Laurance, W.F., et al.. 2004. “Changes in tree communities underline humans' pervasive influence” Nature, 428: 171-175 Even 'untouched' rainforest are being hit by environmental change
Laurance, William F. 2007. “Environmental science: Forests and floods.” Nature 449: 409-410. Protecting forests could reduce flooding.
Lawton, R.O., et al. 2001. “Climatic Impact of Tropical Lowland Deforestation on Nearby Montane Cloud Forests.” Science 2001 October 19; 294: 584-587. Logging in tropical lowlands has serious impacts on ecosystems in adjacent mountains.
Lee, Chai-Ting, et al, 2002. “Effect of selective logging on the genetic diversity of Scaphium macropodum” Biological Conservation 104 (1): 107-118. No differences were detected in genetic diversity in a major tree species comparing two regenerated forest stands and an undisturbed control area after selective logging in Malaysia.
Levin, Ted. 2001. “Reviving the River of Grass.” Audubon 103(4): 54-57. Lead article on ecological restoration of the Everglades in a special issue devoted entirely to the politics, biology, and opportunities in this vast wetland.
Levin, Ted. 2003. Liquid Land: A Journey through the Florida Everglades. University of Georgia Press. A human and natural history of the river of grass.
Lindenmayer, D. B., et al. 2004. “Salvage Harvesting Policies After Natural Disturbance.” Science 303: 1303. Salvage harvesting often undermines many of the benefits of ecosystem disturbance.
Lindenmayer, David B. and Jerry F. Franklin (eds). 2003. Towards Forest Sustainability: Regional, National, and Global Perspectives. Island Press. Practical essays on sustainable forestry by forest ecologists and managers from around the world.
Lindenmayer, David B. and Jerry F. Franklin. 2002. Conserving Forest Biodiversity: A Comprehensive Multiscaled Approach. Island Press. While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused on protected areas and reserves, the surrounding, unprotected lands are equally important to preserving global biodiversity and maintaining forest health.
Lipow, S. R., et al. 2004. “Gap Analysis of Conserved Genetic Resources for Forest Trees.” Conservation Biology 18 (2): 412-424. Gap analysis is used to evaluate whether the genetic resources conserved in situ in protected areas are adequate for conifers in western Oregon and Washington (U.S.A.).
Logan, J. A, et al. 2003. “Assessing the impacts of global warming on forest pest dynamics.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1 (3): 130-137. Climate change has unleashed massive pest outbreaks in the boreal forest.
Lynn, N.A. and R.D. Brown. 2003. “Effects of recreational use impacts on hiking experiences in natural areas.” Landscape and Urban Planning 64 (1-2): 77-87.
Machlis, Gary E. and Donald R. Field. 2000. National Parks and Rural Development. Covelo, CA. Theory, history, and case studies of the effects of national parks on rural development.
MacMuray, Jessica. 2004. “Hawaii’s Kimahuli Garden & Preserve.” Inner Voice 6 (1): 38-41. Conservationists on Kauai are restoring a rare and beautiful ecosystem.
MacMurray, Jessica. 2004. “An Idea in Search of a Definition” Forest Magazine Winter 2004: 25-29. There are many definitions for “old growth,” but none captures all the characteristics of this forest type.
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