Sand and Fire : Exploring a Rare Pine Barrens Landscape.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Dave.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pine barrens--Wisconsin--History.

Pine barrens.

Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area (Wis.)--History.

Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area (Wis.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piraí : Wisconsin Historical Society, 2023.

Summary:

"While many people are familiar with the pristine and federally protected Namekagon and St. Croix Rivers of northwestern Wisconsin, few know much about the Namekagon Barrens, a rare pine and oak barrens landscape within a mile or two of those rivers. A tiny remnant of the millions of barrens acres that once covered Wisconsin, the Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area lies in the heart of the state's Northwest Sands. Unfathomable amounts of glacial sand and repeated fires over thousands of years shaped a land of scrub oak and jack pine, blueberries and sweet fern, wolves and sharp-tailed grouse. But more compelling is the land's surprisingly rich in history, from late Paleo-Indian hunters to Ojibwe people making their seasonal rounds, from loggers to early road builders, from immigrants whose farming efforts failed to the wildlife habitat specialists who manage it today. The book sets the land's unusual natural history as the backdrop for its dynamic human history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

1 Coming Upon the Barrens

2 Why Is the Sand Here?

3 The First People on the Barrens

4 Treaty Writers and Surveyors Arrive

5 Farms on the Sand

6 Those Who Came to Farm

7 A Choice

8 Saving the Grouse

9 The Fertile Barrens

10 Let's Take a Walk

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Peters, Dave Sand and Fire

ISBN:

9781976600067

OCLC:

1375297591