Reading the Forested Landscape...

[Scubahhh]

...is a terrific book by Tom Wessels, and I just not6iced that it's also a terrific video series on Youtube, Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tom+wessels

 

[Salty]

Ditto on that. Have had the book for some time now, video explanations should be great!

 

[Peakbagr]

It's a treasure as is his 'Forest Forensics'

 

[Andrew]

Thanks Scubahhh, I didn't know about his video series. Having learned quite a bit from his books and from many of my friends who were his students at Antioch University, I was always a little jealous I never got to go on one of his walks. His students have always been very fond of his lessons, so I can finally experience it a little myself.

My wife (a former Wessels student) just bought me his newest book "New England's Roadside Ecology", which I have not got into yet, but appears to be an in depth exploration of the natural history of 30 New England natural areas, with a field guide format.

For a little while I had 'ownership' of what was described as one of Tom's favorite sweaters with a wonderful owl image home-stitched with wool yarn, that was won at some kind of school auction fundraiser. When the girlfriend and I who gave it to me as a gift broke up, I had enough respect for the man to give it to someone who was a student and friend of his.

 

[Scubahhh]

"Roadside Ecology" is terrific, event though (or especially because?) most of the place sit highlights aren't spots you're likely to be hiking in. Wantastiquet and Pisgah are two great examples; I've been to both and never thought about most of what he includes. I'm planning to hike hte Wantastiquet-Monadnock route this spring and now I' guess I'll have to lug the book along. I hope BPL doesn't find out!