The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest
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-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.
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The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest
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-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.
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The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest

The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest

by William Dietrich

Narrated by David Colacci

Unabridged

The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest

The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest

by William Dietrich

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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-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.

Editorial Reviews

Audubon Magazine

"A remarkably readable and lucid account."

Living on the Peninsula

"Time has brought 'The Final Forest' acclaim as a realistic portrayal of a critical era for the West End communities."

From the Publisher

A remarkably readable and lucid account.

-- "Audubon Magazine"

Dietrich presents in an easy-to-read narrative style the point of view of various participants in this war, from the logger whose way of life is threatened to a biologist concerned with saving the Northern spotted owl. Highly recommended.

-- "Library Journal"

Dietrich's 1992 account of the timber wars on the Olympic Peninsula has been updated with a new preface and afterword that explains what some of the main characters have been up to and explores the irony of Forks, Wash., becoming an international destination as a result of the Twilight series.

-- "The Oregonian"

The best book about the environment that I've read in a year.

-- "Newsday"

This is a mesmerizing story of the complexity of the relationships between forests and people that at once honors the uniqueness of places while spanning universal themes.

-- "BC Studies"

Time has brought 'The Final Forest' acclaim as a realistic portrayal of a critical era for the West End communities.

-- "Living on the Peninsula"

Product Details

BN ID: 2940190997989
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Publication date: 12/31/2024
Edition description: Unabridged
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