Reading Shaver's Creek : Ecological Reflections from an Appalachian Forest /

What does it mean to know a place? What might we learn about the world by returning to the same place year after year? What would a long-term record of such visits tell us about change and permanence and our place in the natural world? This collection explores these and related questions through a s...

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Other Authors: Weidensaul, Scott (Contributor), Warren, Julianne Lutz (Contributor), Taylor, David (Contributor), Marshall-McKelvey, Jacy (Contributor), Marshall, Ian (Editor, Contributor), Mahan, Carolyn (Contributor), Lane, John (Contributor), Inglesby, Hannah (Contributor), Gessner, David (Contributor), Fallon, Katie (Contributor), Davis, Todd (Contributor), Branch, Michael P. (Contributor), Bonta, Marcia (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
NATURE / Essays.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Reading the Forested Landscape
  • Site 1 Twin Bridges
  • On Orange Teeth and Busy Beavers
  • Dams and Lushness
  • The Insistence of Forests
  • In Search of Signs
  • Site 2 The Sawmill
  • The Mill and the Hemlocks
  • Looking into the Past
  • Nothing Remains the Same
  • The Saw (Perpetual) Mill
  • Site 3 The Chestnut Orchard
  • Which Side Are You On?
  • Reflections on Ecology from the Chestnut Grove
  • The Chestnut Plantation
  • Almost Lost
  • Site 4 The Dark Cliffy Spot
  • The Dark Cliffy Place
  • Song for the Unnamed Creek
  • Naming a Place, Placing a Name
  • Reflections on Ecology at the Dark Cliffy Spot
  • Site 5 The Bluebird Trail
  • Battleground
  • Plotlines, Transitions, and Ecotones
  • Caught in the Web
  • A New Sound
  • Site 6 Lake Perez
  • The Lake on Ice
  • Wet Earth
  • Spring Melt
  • Lake Perez: Reflections
  • Fog on Lake Perez
  • Site 7 The Lake Trail
  • Clockwise Around the Lake
  • Circumambulating the Lake
  • The Work of Walking
  • A Place for Exuberance
  • A Little Quiet, Please
  • Site 8 The Raptor Center
  • Earning Intimacy at the Raptor Center
  • Eagle Acquaintances
  • The Raptor (Eye) Center
  • I Remember a Bird
  • Bibliography
  • About the Contributors

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