The Final Forest
Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest
University of Washington Press · Print & ebook · July 1, 2011
2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Before Forks, a small town on Washington?s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer?s Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed ?Logging Capital of the World? and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests.
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- Who it’s for
- Forks, timber conflict, and changing forest policy meet in a grounded account of the Pacific Northwest.
- Themes
- Old-growth forest policy, Timber-industry conflict, Economic change in Forks
- Genres
- Forests & Rainforests, Conservation, Pacific Northwest History
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2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Before Forks, a small town on Washington?s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer?s Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed ?Logging Capital of the World? and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests. Since Pulitzer Prize?
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winning journalist William Dietrich first published The Final Forest in 1992, logging in Forks has given way to tourism, but even with its new fame, Forks is still a home to loggers and others who make their living from the surrounding forests. The new edition recounts how forest policy and practices have changed since the early 1990s and also tells us what has happened in Forks and where the actors who were so important to the timber wars are now. For more information on the author to to: http://williamdietrich.com/
Forests in Conflict
Forks, timber conflict, and changing forest policy meet in a grounded account of the Pacific Northwest.
Come here for
- Old-growth forests and the livelihoods tied to them
- Forks before and after its tourism fame
Expect
- A view of forest policy since the early 1990s
- Where key timber-war figures are now
Where it sits
| Pacific Northwest History | 57% |
|---|---|
| Conservation | 45% |
| Forests & Rainforests | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Pacific Northwest History
- Authors
- William Dietrich
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Published
- July 1, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Old-growth forest policy · Timber-industry conflict · Economic change in Forks
- Reading lane
- Pacific Northwest History