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Venerable Trees
Tom Kimmerer
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Description for Venerable Trees
Central Kentucky and central Tennessee still boast one of the largest populations of presettlement trees in the US, found in both rural and urban areas. In Venerable Trees , Tom Kimmerer showcases the beauty, age, size, and splendour of these ancient trees and the remaining woodland pastures. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
When the first settlers arrived in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, they found an astonishing landscape of open woodland grazed by vast herds of bison. Farmers quickly replaced the bison with cattle, sheep, and horses, but left many of the trees to shade their pastures. Today, central Kentucky and central Tennessee still boast one of the largest populations of presettlement trees in the nation, found in both rural and urban areas.
In Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass, Tom Kimmerer showcases the beauty, age, size, and splendor of these ancient trees and the remaining woodland ... Read more
When the first settlers arrived in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, they found an astonishing landscape of open woodland grazed by vast herds of bison. Farmers quickly replaced the bison with cattle, sheep, and horses, but left many of the trees to shade their pastures. Today, central Kentucky and central Tennessee still boast one of the largest populations of presettlement trees in the nation, found in both rural and urban areas.
In Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass, Tom Kimmerer showcases the beauty, age, size, and splendor of these ancient trees and the remaining woodland ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813165660
SKU
V9780813165660
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About Tom Kimmerer
Tom Kimmerer is chief scientist at Venerable Trees, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of woodland pastures and ancient trees in the Bluegrass. Trained as a tree physiologist and forest scientist, he has been a researcher and teacher in the United States, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
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