Description: This no-holds-barred narrative of the failure of conservation in northern New England's forests envisions a wilder, more equitable, lower-carbon future for forest-dependent communities
Review Quotes: "[Sayen's] book is tremendously important given the compelling narrative and the global significance of this chunk of land that comprises nearly one-quarter of the New England region."--David Foster, From the Ground Up
"From the first lifted colonial axe to the cold globalist clearcuts, Children of the Northern Forest is a fact-based and fierce forest history. Ecological warrior Jamie Sayen confronts the reader with the destruction of New England forests."--Annie Proulx, author of Barkskins "No one has labored longer and harder for the protection of the northern forest than Jamie Sayen--from the western edge of the mighty Adirondacks to the vast forests of Maine's interior he has done the work that earns him the right to tell this story. And he tells it with style, heart, and clarifying insight: it belongs on the shelf of everyone who wanders in these woods."--Bill McKibben, author The End of Nature "Children of the Northern Forest examines why more than thirty years of strenuous conservation efforts have failed to protect northern New England's forest, and presents a vision of a better future for the region and all its creatures."--Brian Donahue, author of The Great Meadow and Reclaiming the Commons