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Tongass odyssey : seeing the forest ecosystem through the politics of trees : a biologist's memoir /

"John Schoen's Tongass Odyssey is both a memoir and a scientific manuscript. As a memoir it offers authorial stories related to Schoen's dealings in the Tongass National Forest; as a science-based manuscript it addresses the ecological and political history of the past 50 years of the...

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Main Authors: Schoen, John W.
Published: University of Alaska Press,
Publisher Address: Fairbanks, AK :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Schoen, John W.,
Alaska. > Department of Fish and Game > Officials and employees > Biography.
Audubon Alaska > Officials and employees > Biography.
Alaska. > Department of Fish and Game.
Audubon Alaska.
Ecologists > United States > Biography.
Forest ecology > Research > Alaska > Tongass National Forest.
Forest conservation > Alaska > Tongass National Forest > History.
Environmental protection > Alaska > Tongass National Forest > History.
Ecologists.
Ecology.
Employees.
Environmental protection.
Forest conservation.
Forest ecology > Research.
Tongass National Forest (Alaska) > History.
Tongass National Forest (Alaska) > Environmental conditions.
Alaska > Tongass National Forest.
United States.
Summary: "John Schoen's Tongass Odyssey is both a memoir and a scientific manuscript. As a memoir it offers authorial stories related to Schoen's dealings in the Tongass National Forest; as a science-based manuscript it addresses the ecological and political history of the past 50 years of the Tongass. It also addresses the responsibility of conservation practitioners regarding the consequences of public lands and water management"--
Carrier Form: xvi, 338 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781602234260
1602234264
Index Number: QH31
CLC: K837.126.15
Call Number: K837.126.15/S365
Contents: The making of a biologist (1947-1976) -- Tongass field research (Alaska Department of Fish & Game 1977-96) -- Tongass rainforest : saving all the parts (Audubon 1997-2011; retirement 11-19) -- Personal reflections.

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