Clearly explains the natural design of a forest, and how science and technology have tried to change that design.

This little gem is the finest single source of fruit growing information published to date...very comprehensive

Tree Crops is a real gem of a book for anyone interested in sustainable agriculture. In 1953, J. Russell Smith proposed shifting to an no-till agriculture based on trees as a way to avoid soil erosion, nutrient depletion, and weeds. His proposal is well thought out, researched, and presented.

This book provides an excellent introduction to forest ecology.

The authors systematically weave together the essential principles and concepts of empirical research informed by thoughtful integration of present environmental concerns, giving the reader a deep appreciation and awareness of the interconnected "web" of ecosystems, implications for sustainability, and the incredible vitality and vulnerability of planet earth.

This book argues for a better, more sustainable, and ultimately more sane way to farm: forest permaculture (forest farming). Forest permaculture is a technique of planting long-lived trees typically together with shrubs and herbs or grasses in a multi-tier ecosystem that achieves a steady state and produces food year after year without plowing or tilling, without the need for any farming machinery, and without any herbicides or fertilizers.

and most straightforward explanation of how to get around with just a compass and a map.

AN excellent guide to planting, pruning, fertilization fruit trees. Also good for leaning about pest control, restoring old fruit trees, IPM, resistant varieties, harvest and storage.

ONe of the foundational texts for using live plants in engineering.

A good source for trees and shrubs which are optimal for energy production.

An excellent guide for those who want to learn about forestry.

A good book with descriptions on many different kinds of species of trees.

An excellent read for anyone interested in complete self-sufficiency or needing the background and impetus for forest gardening.

"Forest Primeval" gives the reader a sense of the process, slow and arabesque, by which scattered seedlings develop into massive stands of millennium-old trees.

Good for learning where to find certain types of fruit.

Good source for learning about coppice management and tree planting.

Contains ideas on how to start forest gardens.

A good book on the history of trees, full of stories and pictures.

A good book for learning abot forestry in the Northwest.

A guide to basic forestry practices.

A concise action guide to saving one of America's most majestic natural treasures, those irreplaceable 1000-year-old trees.

Herb Hammond’s concept of wholistic forest use stems from a belief that the forest and all its inhabitants—the environment and everything dependent on it for survival—must be viewed as one unit, and that a single resource cannot be exploited at the risk of endangering the others.

Agricultural planners in all countries need to give this book a look: Smith is right on and shows a way in the darkness towards universal food without shortages. This book should be on the shelf of any serious world agriculturalist and anyone who deems that world hunger can be overcome.

This slender book outlines the principles and practices applied to a working forest on the coastal lowlands near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. Wilkinson has enjoyed some cult-like celebrity for logging his 138-acre forest in a careful, sustainable way for over 60 years, and for vigorously opposing standard industrial logging practices.