Reading Rural Landscapes A Field Guide To New England S Past

Author : Robert Stanford
Publisher : Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780884483700

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Reading Rural Landscapes: A Field Guide to New England's Past by Robert Stanford Pdf

William Faulkner once said, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Nowhere can you see the truth behind his comment more plainly than in rural New England, especially Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and western Massachusetts. Everywhere we go in rural New England, the past surrounds us. In the woods and fields and along country roads, the traces are everywhere if we know what to look for and how to interpret what we see. A patch of neglected daylilies marks a long-abandoned homestead. A grown-over cellar hole with nearby stumps and remnants of stone wall and orchard shows us where a farm has been reclaimed by forest. And a piece of a stone dam and wooden sluice mark the site of a long-gone mill. Although slumping back into the landscape, these features speak to us if we can hear them and they can guide us to ancestral homesteads and famous sites. Lavishly illustrated with drawings and color photos. Provides the keys to interpret human artifacts in fields, woods, and roadsides and to reconstruct the past from surviving clues. Perfect to carry in a backpack or glove box. A unique and valuable resource for road trips, genealogical research, naturalists, and historians.

Author : Mary Anne Hardy
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781682682562

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50 Hikes in Connecticut (6th Edition) (Explorer's 50 Hikes) by Mary Anne Hardy Pdf

Hikes and walks throughout the Nutmeg State Leave the dense cities and tourist destinations of New England behind to explore the woods and hills of this beautiful state. Connecticut boasts a diversity of parks, sanctuaries, hills, woodlands, and wetlands, with hidden gems to satisfy hikers and explorers of all ilks. This sixth edition has been fully revised and updated to be the most comprehensive and thorough guide to Connecticut’s trails. The hikes range in length from 1 to 13 miles, and an overview chart makes it easy to choose a hike at a glance. Each chapter includes a detailed, easy- to- read map, information on mileage and rise, a clear trail description, and a wealth of information on natural and human history you’ll encounter along the way. Hikes include: • Sleeping Giant State Park • Bear Mountain • Wadsworth Falls • Windsor Locks Canal • Green Fall Pond

Author : Robert M. Sanford,Donald G. Holtgrieve
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000813265

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Environmental Impact Assessment in the United States by Robert M. Sanford,Donald G. Holtgrieve Pdf

Environmental impact assessment is now firmly established as an important and often mandatory part of proposing any development project. Environmental Impact Assessment in the United States provides foundational knowledge of environmental review in the United States as carried out at federal, state, and local levels, with detailed information about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and its applications, and other relevant federal and state legislation. This book will aid planners, architects, engineers, project managers, or consultants who work with environmental impact statements to assess the effects of a proposed activity on the environment and who develop and assess measures to avoid or minimize those impacts. It will serve as a desk reference for professional environmental planners as well as a core textbook for students who intend to work in the fields of environmental policy, civil engineering, environmental law, resources management, or other areas of environmental management.

Author : Anne Larkin Hansen,Mike Severson,Dennis L. Waterman
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781603427302

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A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods by Anne Larkin Hansen,Mike Severson,Dennis L. Waterman Pdf

Whether you have a few acres of trees in the suburbs or a small commercial forest, you can encourage a healthy and sustainable ecosystem through proper woodland management. This introductory guide shows you how to identify the type, health, and quality of your trees and suggests strategies for keeping your woodland thriving.

Author : Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135054984

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The Routledge History of Rural America by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Pdf

First published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786489657

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Henry Knox and the Revolutionary War Trail in Western Massachusetts by Bernard A. Drew Pdf

During the winter of 1776, in one of the most amazing logistical feats of the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox and his teamsters transported cannons from Fort Ticonderoga through the sparsely populated Berkshires to Boston to help drive British forces from the city. This history documents Knox's precise route--dubbed the Henry Knox Trail--and chronicles the evolution of an ordinary Indian path into a fur corridor, a settlement trail, and eventually a war road. By recounting the growth of this important but under appreciated thoroughfare, this study offers critical insight into a vital Revolutionary supply route.

Author : Joyce A. Quinn,Susan L. Woodward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1211 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9798216076957

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Earth's Landscape [2 volumes] by Joyce A. Quinn,Susan L. Woodward Pdf

This unusual encyclopedia brings together in-depth information on more than 450 natural geographic features from around the world and offers an array of creative tools to promote critical thinking and classroom discussion. With Earth undergoing rapid environmental change, students and the general public alike should be knowledgeable about the world's geographic features. This authoritative, two-volume reference enables readers do just that. It describes continents and oceans; individual mountains, islands, caves, and rivers; and ecological entities such as wildlife refuges and national parks. Each entry provides a geographic overview of the feature's significance, location, description, geologic history, biota, protected areas, and environmental issues. But the coverage goes even deeper so that entries also discuss the cultural importance of each natural place, covering everything from indigenous beliefs to traditional folklore to contemporary legends. The encyclopedia stands apart from other works not only in the depth of its coverage but also in its range. It discusses lesser known as well as prominent geographical features and offers critical thinking aids that will help students see how the natural world relates to their daily lives. Teaching and learning tools include an appendix called "Opposing Viewpoints" that allows students to understand landforms involved in current conflicts and disputes as well as an "Activities/Discussion Questions" appendix.

Author : James F. O'Gorman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 081223670X

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Connecticut Valley Vernacular by James F. O'Gorman Pdf

In this book, O'Gorman treats both the people and the sheds with the respect and admiration their precarious presence requires."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Matthew Michael Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : WISC:89099049801

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Where the Forest Meets the Farm by Matthew Michael Thomas Pdf

Author : Tom Wessels
Publisher : Nature
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0881504203

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Reading the Forested Landscape by Tom Wessels Pdf

Chronicles the forest in New England from the Ice Age to current challenges

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : UVA:X006065469

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Preservation by Anonim Pdf

Author : James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801859867

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Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America by James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf Pdf

Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X006024334

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Old-time New England by Anonim Pdf

Author : John W. Dover
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351355490

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The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins by John W. Dover Pdf

Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists. This book reviews and assesses the current state of research on hedgerows and associated field margins. With the intensification of agriculture in the second half of the last century, field sizes were increased by amalgamation and the rooting out of hedges, synthetic pesticide and inorganic fertiliser use increased, and traditional methods of hedge management were largely abandoned. The book is split into two main sections. The first deals with definitions, current and historic management, the impact of pesticides, the decline in hedge stock and condition, and new approaches to hedge evaluation using remote sensing techniques. The second section explores the pollination and biological pest control benefits provided by hedges and field margins and examines the ecology of some of the major groups that are found in hedgerows and field margins: butterflies and moths, carabid beetles, mammals, and birds. A case study on birds and invertebrates from a research farm managed as a commercial enterprise, but which attempts to farm with wildlife in mind, brings these themes together. A final chapter introduces the neglected area of hedges in the urban environment. The book will be of great interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in ecology, agriculture, wildlife conservation, natural history, landscape, environmental and land management.

Author : Linda France Stine
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0870499769

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Carolina's Historical Landscapes by Linda France Stine Pdf

Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this book goes beyond conventional archaeological studies by placing the description and interpretation of specific sites in the wider context of the landscape that connects them to one another.