A Wood of Our Own - Hardcover

Evans, Julian

 
9780198549512: A Wood of Our Own
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198549512 ISBN 13: 9780198549512
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1995

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In 1985 Julian Evans fulfilled every forester's ambition--he purchased his own patch of woodland to develop, manage, and enjoy as he saw fit. Combining anecdote, natural history, and professional wisdom, this gripping account details Evans' purchase and management of a neglected woodland in Hampshire, England. It also traces the people and events associated with it, among them encounters with gamekeepers and roe deer, the drama of two great gales, and the selling of timber. Fine cameo line drawings by artist and forester John White accompany the text. Wildlife enthusiasts, land owners, conservationists, and other outdoors people will find Evans' story insightful and entertaining.

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A forester for 25 years, Julian Evans is now one of the Forestry Commission's two Chief Research Officers.

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In 1985 the author fulfilled every forester's ambition - ownership of a woodland to manage and enjoy exactly as he thought fit. With his brother-in-law, he bought a small, mixed woodland in Hampshire and, with the help of family and friends, cares for it as a diverse but working woodland, employing a combination of ancient and modern rural skills. A Wood of Our Own tells the story of all that has happened since the idea germinated: making the purchase, thinning out trees for firewood, replanting, encounters with people and all sorts of animals, the drama of two great gales, unravelling the history of the wood, and selling the timber. Julian Evans, forester for twenty-five years and currently Chief Research Officer for the Forestry Commission, is a leading authority on the silviculture of broadleaved woodlands. Already an author of several professional forestry books, he here combines anecdote, natural history, and professional wisdom in a gripping story. The factual account of the purchase and management of the wood runs alongside an entertaining description of the people, events, and incidents associated with it. Fine line drawings by John White, artist and forester, and Stephen Evans, the author's son, accompany the text.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198549512
ISBN 13 
9780198549512
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
White John, Evans Stephen
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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