Lob trees in the wilderness : the human and natural history of the boundary waters / Clifford Ahlgren and Isabel Ahlgren.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ahlgren, C. E. (Clifford Elmer), 1922-

Contributor:

• Ahlgren, Isabel.

Series:

• Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.
• The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Forest ecology--Minnesota--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
• Forests and forestry--Minnesota--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
• Nature--Effect of human beings on--Minnesota--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
• Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Along the Minnesota-Ontario border, in the days of voyageurs, tall trees were used as guideposts in the uncharted wilderness to help fur traders and explorers find their way through the maze of lakes and portages. Branches were cut, leaving the middle of the trees bare with branches above and below. Clifford and Isabel Ahlgren, two of the most knowledgeable ecologists of the area, use nine native trees to serve as lob trees for this book, an ecological history of human activity in the Quetico-Superior wilderness area.

Contents:

• CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. Red Pine Lob Tree: Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Sacred Juniper Lob Tree: Flora; CHAPTER 3. Jack Pine Lob Tree: Forest Fire; CHAPTER 4. Big Cedar Lob Tree: Presettlement Forests; CHAPTER 5. Paper Birch Lob Tree: Early Inhabitants; CHAPTER 6. White Pine Lob Tree: Pine Logging; CHAPTER 7. White Spruce Lob Tree: Pulpwood Logging; CHAPTER 8. Balsam Fir Lob Tree: Recreation and Preservation; CHAPTER 9. Aspen Lob Tree: Conclusions; APPENDIX: Common and Scientific Names of Plants; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V
• WY

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8166-9290-4

OCLC:

476096326