Joan Maloof

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Joan Maloof (born 1956or1957) is an American environmental activist and author. [1] She founded the Old-Growth Forest Network in 2012. [2]

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Maloof was raised in Delaware. Her father was a chemical engineer. [1] She is the author of five books. Her first, Teaching the Trees, was published in 2005, and her second, Among the Ancients, in 2011. [1] [3] In 2017, she published The Living Forest with photographer Robert Llewellyn. [4]

She is a professor emerita at Salisbury University. [5] [6]

Books

Nature's Temples: A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests Revised and Expanded. [7]

The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods. [8]

Nature's Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests. [9]

Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest. [10]

Treepedia: A Brief Compendium of Arboreal Lore. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pitts, Jonathan M. (10 March 2022). "Steady growth: Maryland woman spearheads fight to preserve America's old-growth forests". The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Grazier, Steven M. (13 April 2022). "Wilderness Center's Sigrist Woods becomes part of Old-Growth Forest Network". The Independent . Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ↑ DEAN, TAMARA (2010). "Blowdown: WHEN A TORNADO TEARS THROUGH A BELOVED LANDSCAPE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST LET NATURE HEAL ITSELF?". The American Scholar . 79 (4): 66. ISSN   0003-0937. JSTOR   41222255.
  4. ↑ Higgins, Adrian (24 October 2017). "An ecologist speaks for the silent giants: Old-growth trees". The Washington Post . Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Goldstein, Jessica (21 October 2011). "Descriptions of 'old-growth forest' are somewhat elusive". The Washington Post . Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Crable, Ad (17 December 2021). "Quest under way to find, protect old-growth forests". Bay Journal. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Maloof, Joan (2023-04-04). Nature's Temples: A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests Revised and Expanded. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-23050-4.
  8. ↑ Llewellyn, Robert; Maloof, Joan (2017-10-04). The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods. Timber Press. ISBN   978-1-60469-834-3.
  9. ↑ Maloof, Joan (2016-11-16). Nature's Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests. Timber Press. ISBN   978-1-60469-728-5.
  10. ↑ Maloof, Joan (2005). Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest. University of Georgia Press. ISBN   978-0-8203-2743-3.
  11. ↑ Maloof, Joan (2021-09-14). Treepedia: A Brief Compendium of Arboreal Lore. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-20875-6.


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