Titles through 04 Dec 07
Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery by John Imbrie and Katherine Palmer Imbrie reviewed in Paleobotany and Paleoclimatology
After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America by E. C. Pielou reviewed in Paleobotany and Paleoclimatology
Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America by Paul S. Martin reviewed in History of Western Landscapes
What is the Forest Service doing right and what is it doing wrong? by James D. Petersen in Forest and Fire Sciences
1491–New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann reviewed in History of Western Landscapes
Population nucleation, intensive agriculture, and environmental degradation: The Cahokia example by William I. Woods in History of Western Landscapes
Testimony of Dr. John A Helms before the US Senate Oct 2007 in Forest and Fire Sciences
Welcome
Welcome to the Western Institute for Study of the Environment. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit collaboration of environmental scientists, practitioners, and the interested public. W.I.S.E. provides this free, on-line set of post-graduate courses in environmental studies, currently fifty Topics in eight Colloquia, each containing book and article reviews, original papers, and essays. In addition, we present two Commentary sub-sites, a news clipping sub-site, and the W.I.S.E. Fire Tracking site. Reviews and original articles are archived in our Library. Recent titles reviewed are posted below.
Titles through 15 Nov 07
Anthropological and Archaeological Perspectives on Native Fire Management of the Willamette Valley by Thomas J. Connolly, in History of Western Landscapes
Blazes On The New Frontier by Stephen J. Pyne, in Forest and Fire Sciences
Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson, reviewed in History of Western Landscapes
America’s Ancient Forests–From the Ice Age to the Age of Discovery by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, reviewed in History of Western Landscapes
Protecting Communities And Saving Forests–Solving the Wildfire Crisis Through Restoration Forestry by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, in Restoration Forestry
Testimony of William Wallace Covington before the US Senate, July 2002, in Restoration Forestry