Old Growth

Learning from the Ancients

In his latest book, Elderflora, Jared Farmer chronicles a history of exploration and study, destruction and preservation that will keep humans and age-old trees intertwined for the long haul.

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Life After Timber

What's a community to do when outside forces and ecological realities threaten the very industry on which it's built?

Young-growth Sitka spruce and western hemlock logs stacked along the edge of Good Faith Lumber’s wood lot, near Thorne Bay, Alaska.
Old-Growth Logging’s Last Stand?

Clearcutting ancient trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest makes little sense—ecologically, climatically, perhaps even economically. So why is it so hard to stop?