![]() ![]() Readers looking for a thorough understanding of the decline of the yellow-cedar tree will not be disappointed. ![]() I witnessed this in Alaska.” For armchair readers, this provides an unforgettable picture of just how scientists work in the field. ![]() The book, she writes, “chronicles my effort to answer what happens in the wake of yellow-cedar death, not only to uncover the future of these old-growth forests, but to share lessons that apply to people on other parts of the planet….If we start looking at the local picture and the ways in which we all depend on nature in various ways every day, solutions emerge. ![]() Hardy, diligent, and empathetic, the author makes vividly clear the difficulties of conducting multiyear field research on a remote archipelago. She also spent hours interviewing Alaskans coping with a rapidly shifting environment. In her debut, Oakes, a conservation scientist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, presents a “blend of ecology and social science,” looking for answers to scientific questions through meticulous, rigorous research on the Alexander Archipelago off the southeastern coast of Alaska. Field research into why yellow-cedar trees are dying and how people dependent on it are coping with a changing environment. ![]()
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