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What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
Chris Maser, Forest Primeval
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
― Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest
Chris Maser: Restoring land to health
“The very process of the restoring the land to health is the process through which we become attuned to Nature and, through Nature, with ourselves.”
—Chris Maser, Forest Primeval.
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Chris Maser - "Forest Ecology"
Chris Maser's "Forest Ecology" talk has been rescheduled for June 20th. The time: 8:30 until noon. The place: Longmire Community Building. Feel free to join us! The presentation will include a walk around the Longmire Volunteer Campground.
What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest
"In addition stream-order influences the role of streamside vegetation in controlling water temperature, stabilizing banks, and producing food. For example, streamside vegetation in forests is the primary source of large, organic debris, such as tree stems at least 8 inches (20 centimeters) in diameter with their rootwads attached, or tree branches greater than 8 inches (20 centimeters) in diameter. Erosion also contributes myriad organic materials to the stream.
Wood in streams increases the diversity of habitats by forming dams and their attendant pools and by protecting backwater areas that are important winter habitat for fish. In addition to the wood itself, habitat diversity in the streams and rivers of the western United States has been historically maintained by regular flooding, droughts, and every imaginable condition in between these extremes; the same is true for virtually all countries.The variability of the conditions experienced by the streams and rivers continually shift the wood around and alter its function in a way that augments ecological diversity in space and time, thereby causing indigenous organism to evolved in ways that allow them to cope with the extremes of survival."