Description
A century of misinterpretation of natural processes has brought us to a time of unparalleled loss of forests and woodlands in the Western US. The understanding of forests’ history, their survival strategies, and the path they traveled through time, is something we have allowed to be superseded by our own expectations of what a forest should be. Our priorities have diminished animal and plant diversity, adversely affected critical hydrological systems, and contributed to catastrophic fires. What are the options? Are we too late?
George Duda holds a BS in Forest Management from Northern Arizona University. He worked for the NM Forestry Division as a Timber Management Officer, Forest Re-Leaf Program Manager, and State Urban Forester. Duda retired in 2007 but continues to do contract forestry involving Urban Wildland Interface issues and maintains a speaking circuit regarding forest and watershed health.