Handmade Forests: The Treeplanter's Experience [Paperback]

Hélène Cyr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1999

Thousands of tree-planters endure bugs, bears, mud, inhospitable terrain, and severe weather to replant the nation's forests. Handmade Forests pays the respect that is due to the courageous and hardworking people who quietly plant forests where forests have been cut down, and whom we all rely upon more and more for maintaining the equilibrium of the planet. Containing over 100 gallery style black and white photographs, Handmade Forests will be of major interest to the forest industry, to environmentalists, government ministries, to photographers, and -- because of its dramatic coffee-table quality -- to both planters and non-planters alike. 'Tales from the trenches' make this a fascinating read, too.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Helene Cyr has been active in the forest industry since 1989 as a treeplanter, fire fighter, and office manager for a company in British Columbia's silviculture industry. An award-winning professional photographer for well over a decade, she has had her photographs published widely. Originally from Montreal, she now lives in Victoria BC.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: New Society Publishers (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865713936
• ISBN-13: 978-0865713932
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,931,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why are these pictures so beautiful?, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Handmade Forests: The Treeplanter's Experience (Paperback)

My brother Jeffrey has worked in the planting world of western Canada for several years, and this book has finally given me a real insight into what his days are like for four or six or eights months a year. I ask myself, at once, why he would choose to do something so horrible to himself, and why I have not given up the mundane and trivial things that fill my own life to confront something so challenging and rewarding, so filled with sights and experiences which, if Cyr's pictures and the accompanying text are any indication, border on the sublime. Of course, it is all made the more powerful when we consider the gigantic favor these laborers are doing for us and the people who will come after us. I am envious of all those whose capacity for physical and mental anguish allows them to reap this kind of reward. Whenever we think we cannot possibly deal with the real world, we would do well to consider the surreal world presented in these pages.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a well-put together book with great photos and text, January 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Handmade Forests: The Treeplanter's Experience (Paperback)

Helene Cyr is right on about treeplanting - she knows the heaven and hell of that life. This is a book I wish my treeplanting buddies and I had put together, so thank you Helene for doing what we'd always talked about. So wonderful to see treeplanting honoured in such an excellent way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, truthful, and nessesary., November 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Handmade Forests: The Treeplanter's Experience (Paperback)

I think every treeplanter can relate to how difficult it is to share their experiences with one who has never gone planting. Words do not suffice. Yet there is a universal understanding among those who have been out there. Helene has captured the experience perfectly with her photographs. Handmade Forests is a beautiful, truthful, nessesary book, and I thank her for sharing it with us.