PBIO
109
Americans
and Their Forests
Forests have been our most important source of materials, nutrition,
and energy through most of American history. They remain commercially
and psychically important to us today, as we debate clear-cutting, old
growth protection, and forest fire control. How can we sustain diverse
and productive forest communities in the face of increasing population
pressure? Because forests are composed of long-lived organisms (trees)
and dominated by gradual processes, answering this question requires
a perspective of centuries. This course tracks American history in terms
of exploitation of our most important resource, and seeks to provide
an understanding of forest biology allowing intelligent decision making
in the future.
Handouts
1 Ice Ages
2 Native Americans in the Forest
3 Europeans arrive
4 Mid-Atlantic
and Virginia
5 Moving West
6 Industrial uses of Forest
7 Lake States
8 Southern Lumber Boom
9 Pacific Northwest
10 Fire
11 Regrowth in the East
Practice
Exam 1
Practice Exam 2
Plagiarism: What it is and how to avoid it
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