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A year in the woods : twelve small journeys into nature / by Ekelund, Torbjørn Lysebo,author.; Crook, Becky L.,translator.; translation of:Ekelund, Torbjørn Lysebo.Året i skogen.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the acclaimed author of In Praise of Paths comes a humorous and modest Walden for modern times. Like many people today, Torbjørn Ekelund dreams of spending more time in nature. But he's so busy with city life that he has no desire to travel far or scale the highest mountain. So, he hatches a plan. Ekelund decides to leave the city after work and camp near a tiny pond in the forest. The next morning, he returns to work as usual. He does this once a month for a full year. What happens over the course of that year is nothing short of transformative. Evoking Henry David Thoreau and the four-season structure of Walden, A Year in the Woods asks if the secret to communing with nature lies in small rituals and reflection. As Ekelund greets the same trees, rocks, streams, and soil each month, he describes his changing relationship to the landscape. He observes minute signs of growth and decay around him. And he shifts his perspective on his role within the forest, and nature itself. The perfect book for readers who want a deeper connection with nature, but are realistic about time and money."--
Subjects: Ekelund, Torbjørn Lysebo; Camping; Forests and forestry; Natural history; Nature.; Outdoor life;

Damnation Spring : a novel / by Davidson, Ash,author.;
"For generations, Rich Gundersen's family has chopped a livelihood out of the redwood forest along California's rugged coast. Now Rich and his wife, Colleen, are raising their own young son near Damnation Grove, a swath of ancient redwoods on which Rich's employer, Sanderson Timber Co., plans to make a killing. In 1977, with most of the forest cleared or protected, a grove like Damnation--and beyond it 24-7 Ridge--is a logger's dream. But logging is dangerous work, and Rich wants better for his son, Chub. So when the opportunity arises to buy 24-7 Ridge--costing them all the savings they've squirreled away for their growing family--he grabs it, unbeknownst to Colleen. Because the reality is their family isn't growing; Colleen has lost several pregnancies. And she isn't alone. As a midwife, Colleen has seen the suffering of other women with her own eyes. For decades, the herbicides that the logging company uses were considered harmless. But what if these miscarriages aren't isolated strokes of bad luck? As mudslides take out clear-cut hillsides and salmon vanish from creeks, Colleen's search for answers threatens to unravel not just Rich's plans for the 24-7, but their marriage too, dividing a town that lives and dies on timber along the way. In prose as clear as a spring-fed creek, this intimate, compassionate portrait of a community clinging to a vanishing way of life amid the perils of environmental degradation is an essential novel for our time."--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Ecofiction.; Historical fiction.; Families; Miscarriage; Loggers; Forests and forestry; Logging; Environmental degradation;

Bear's new friend / by Wilson, Karma.; Chapman, Jane,1970-;
Bear and his friends persuade a bashful owl to play with them."Ages 3-7"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Bear (Fictitious character : Wilson); Bears; Owls; Bashfulness; Forest animals; Forests and forestry;
© c2006., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,

Elderflora : a modern history of ancient trees / by Farmer, Jared,1974-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes."The epic story of the planet's oldest trees and the making of the modern world. Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred groves. Exploitation accompanied sanctification, as old-growth forests succumbed to imperial expansion and the industrial revolution. Taking us from Lebanon to New Zealand to California, Farmer surveys the complex history of the world's oldest trees, including voices of Indigenous peoples, religious figures, and contemporary scientists who study elderflora in crisis. In a changing climate, a long future is still possible, Farmer shows, but only if we give care to young things that might grow old."--
Subjects: Civilization, Modern.; Climatic changes.; Dendrochronology.; Forests and forestry.; Human ecology.; Landscape assessment.; Longevity.; Time perception.; Trees.;

The boy who cried bear / by Armstrong, Kelley,author.;
"In The Boy Who Cried Bear, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong keeps readers on the edge of their seats while detective Casey Duncan tries to locate the threat before it's too late ... Haven's Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it's supposed to be, being that it's a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton already feel at home in their new town, which reminds them of where they first met in Rockton. And while they know how to navigate the woods and its various dangers, other residents don't. Which is why people aren't allowed to wander off alone. When Max, the town's youngest resident-taught to track animals by Eric-fears a bear is stalking a hiking party, alarms are raised. Even stranger, the ten-year-old swears the bear had human eyes. Casey and Eric know the dangers a bear can present, so they're taking it seriously. But odd occurrences are happening all around them, and when a dead body turns up, they're not sure what they're up against"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Duncan, Casey (Fictitious character); Bears; Forests and forestry; Murder; Sheriffs; Women detectives;

You are a beautiful beginning / by Laden, Nina.; Garrity-Riley, Kelsey.;
Children play cooperatively in a forest, and their stick creations draw the interest of small gnome-like creatures, who make their own additions.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Children; Identity (Psychology); Play; Forests and forestry; Gnomes; Imagination;

Waiting for the night song [sound recording] / by Dalton, Julie Carrick,author.; Kreinik, Barrie,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Barrie Kreinik."An urgent message from her long-estranged best friend Daniela brings Cadie back to her childhood home. There, they are forced to face a dark secret that ended both their idyllic childhood bond and the magical summer that takes up more space in Cadie's memory then all her other years combined."--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Female friendship; Forests and forestry; Homecoming; Secrecy; Women entomologists;

Little Owl's audiobook collection [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Srinivasan, Divya.;
Read by Janet Varney; Dave Hill; John Hodgman.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.Join Little Owl as he discovers the wonders of the forest during the night, day and winter in this fun collection.Ages 2 to 5.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Owls; Night; Snow; Forests and forestry; Forest animals; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.

Les forêts / by Anderson, Jan,children's author.;
LSC
Subjects: Forêts; Produits forestiers; Forests and forestry; Forest products;
© c2004., Groupe Beauchemin,

Bear feels sick / by Wilson, Karma.; Chapman, Jane,1970-;
When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company."Ages 3-7"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Bear (Fictitious character : Wilson); Bears; Cold (Disease); Care of the sick; Forest animals; Forests and forestry;
© c2007., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,

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