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THE JOURNEYS OF TREES - ZACH ST GEORGE TASCHENBUCH

Forests are restless. When a tree dies or a new one sprouts  the forest that includes it
shifts. When new trees sprout in the same direction  the whole forest begins to migrate 
sometimes at astonishing rates. Today  however  an array of obstacles-humans felling trees by
the billions  invasive pests transported through global trade-threaten to overwhelm these vital
movements. Worst of all  the climate is changing faster than ever before and forests are
struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing  The Journeys of
Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia  ash
black spruce  Florida torreya and Monterey pine. Zach St George visits these trees in forests
across continents  finding sequoias losing their needles in California  fossil records showing
the paths of ancient forests in Alaska  domesticated pines in New Zealand and new sprouts of
blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes  St George meets
lively people on conservation's front lines  from an ecologist studying droughts to an
evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with
activists  biologists and foresters  each with their own role to play in the fight for the
uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past
and present  The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees  and our planet 
survive and thrive.

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