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Tree thieves : crime and survival in North America's woods  Cover Image Book Book

Tree thieves : crime and survival in North America's woods

Bourgon, Lyndsie (author.).

Summary: Discusses timber poaching from northern California into the backwoods of the Pacific Northwest and how stealing trees has become a billion dollar industry.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781771647199 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1771647191
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xii, 275 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : David Suzuki Institute/Greystone Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-266) and index (pages 267-275).
Formatted Contents Note: Part I: Roots. Clearances ; The poacher and the gamekeeper ; Into the heart of the country ; A lunar landscape ; Region at war -- Part II: Trunk. The gateway to the Redwoods ; Tree troubles ; Music wood ; The trees of mystery ; Turning ; Bad jobs ; Catching an outlaw ; In the blocks ; Puzzle pieces ; A new surge ; The origin tree -- Part III: Canopy. Tracking timber ; "It was a vision quest" ; From Peru to Houston ; "We trust in the trees" ; Carbon sinks ; In limbo.
Issuing Body Note:
Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation
Subject: Logging -- Corrupt practices -- Northwest, Pacific
Logging -- Corrupt practices -- British Columbia
Logging -- Corrupt practices -- California
Logging -- Law and legislations -- Northwest, Pacific
Lumber trade -- Corrupt practices -- Northwest, Pacific
Lumber trade -- Law and legislation -- Northwest, Pacific
Trees -- Effect of poaching on -- Northwest, Pacific
Deforestation -- Environmental aspects -- Northwest, Pacific
Offenses against the environment -- Northwest, Pacific
Old growth forest conservation -- Northwest, Pacific
Northwest, Pacific -- Environmental conditions
Genre: Outdoors-Nature

Available copies

  • 19 of 22 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 3 of 5 copies available at Sechelt/Gibsons. (Show)
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