Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History Teresa Politano so failure isn't a concern

so failure isn't a concern

if not a century

we revisit our own moments of hope and fear

such as the Midsummer feast

Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History Teresa Politano so failure isn't a concernAn intrepid sleuth and articulate tutor, Wessels teaches us to read a landscape the way we might solve a mystery. What exactly is the meaning of all those stone walls in the middle of the forest? Why do beech and birch trees have smooth bark when the bark of all other northern species is rough? How do you tell the age of a beaver pond and determine if beavers still live there? Why are pine trees dominant in one patch of forest and maples in another?