The Forester's Log: Musings from the Woods

by Mary Stuever

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When Mary Stuever graduated from forestry school in the early 1980s, her profession was facing tremendous challenges as the nation's forests were poised for serious decline from catastrophic wildfires, insect outbreaks, and suburban encroachment. Stuever captured this transition over the last few decades in her syndicated monthly column "The Forester's Log." Originally penned for newspapers in rural forested communities in the Southwest, the column has found its way into various magazines, show more newsletters, anthologies, and Web sites. Stuever's career involves firefighting, fire rehabilitation, timber sale administration, environmental education, and many other aspects of forest management. Through her work with native tribes, local, state, and federal agencies, and private landowners, Stuever focuses on the important bond between land and people. With an inspiring and informative style, Stuever's tales weave fresh insight into forest issues. Her writings, collected here for the first time, tell the poignant story of places, people, and experiences that have shaped her passion while offering a rare glimpse of forestry in the Southwest at the turn of the new millennium. show less

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anniemktx 13 reviews

I love the mountains, I love the forests and I love and appreciate the writings of a true professional forester who loves them too. These short articles are gleaned from a column Mary has been writing for decades. At first, they seem a bit technical, a bit too much about the profession of forestry. However, by the end of each article, she has pulled in some parallel, some story, some way that the life of the forest reflects all our lives.
Now, I have known Mary Stuever since she was 17 years old and we were hiking the mountains together at Girl Scout camp. It's possible I have a bias. However, anyone who has cared about trees, who has good friends, who has experienced beauty and loss, will find a true voice that speaks to them in these show more pages.
Mary, thank you, and keep on writing. We need your words. show less

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