FEATURES
22
TIME LINE
Survivors of inconceivable eons
and all-but –uninhabit- able conditions, bristlecone pines
provoke a wonder about our time and purpose.
Jane Braxton Little
28 A TALE OF TWO FIRES
Thousands of miles apart but almost
simultaneous, they show the pros and cons of fire and forest health.
Tim Wright
32 SOUTH TEXAS ECO-WONDERLAND
Saltwater and desert, jaguars and
butterflies come
together where climates collide. The
result is nothing
short of amazing.
Karen
Fedor
DEPARTMENTS
2 FORUM
Letters
5 EDITORIAL
Growing a Healthier World.
AMERICAN
FORESTS rededicates itself
after a process of strategic
planning.
Deborah
Gangloff
7 PERSPECTIVES
Leaving a Legacy.
Connecting
trees and starts for public
television
Ellyne Lonergan
11 CLIPPINGS
News from the World of Trees.
*
ReLeaf
for California
* Palms at Risk
* Controversial
Oak Survives Fire
* Washington Outlook
39 COMMUNITIES
Giving New Life to Famous Trees.
For some, a connection with
arboreal greatness comes after the fact.
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by Rachel
Brittin
43 HEARTWOOD
Growing an Audience.
At the 2003 National Urban Forest
Conference, the question was, Why
aren’t more people listening?
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by Alexis
Harte
48 EARTHKEEPERS
Salem’s Tree Man.
Maynard
Drawson: big trees, history, and a passion for place.
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by Sharon McCann