Living in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of Sustainable Forestry

A thought-provoking look at how man and nature coexist, somewhat
uneasily, within the Appalachian Forest, the world's most diverse temperate
woodlands, 80 percent of which is privately owned-by the ancestors of
homesteaders, outsiders who've bought large and small tracts, absentee landlords
and landowners, private groups and institutions, and giant corporations.
Interviews with a diverse group of landowners-a horse logger, a selective
cutter, a ginseng grower, a clear cutter, a forest steward, a summer-camp owner,
and others-and the author's own experiences as a landowner illustrate the
private forest's past, present, and future.