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Beyond the Beauty Strip: Saving What's Left of Our Forests

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A hard-line critique of industrial forest management in Maine. Meticulously researched with many bold questions and conclusions. This book is an essential resource for those who've been confused by both environmental and industry PR campaigns. This book asks the questions that neither side is asking and exposes many of the commonly held myths that seem to show up daily in political rhetoric. A word of warning, this book is not light reading, but it serves the serious student of sustainability issues well.

This is an excellent reference work on industrial forestry as practiced in Maine, in particular, and northern New Engalnd, in general. It exposes many of the popular beliefs surrounding clearcutting, herbicide spraying, tree plantations and other practices of industrial forestry for the fallacies that they are. It also exposes the numerous links between industry, academia and government that help to keep these ecologically disastrous practices alive. All the information included is carefully reseaerched and referenced. My only possible criticism of the book is that it is very dense reading.

Not a book for individuals who like to come up with their own decision on the balance between Society's desire for wood products, and the professional talents brought to the forest to maintain sustainablity.