This coming December, Dr. Fortey’s most recent book, “The Wood for the Trees; One Man’s Long View of Nature,” will see publication in the U.S. This new book sees the author describing what he has found on his four acres in the Chiltern Hills of Oxfordshire and what can be interpreted about the larger ecological systems of our planet from these discoveries.
As one who was raised in an area where an extractive industry – in my case logging – was a key part of the local economy, I have long been familiar with the toll such industries can take on the land and the landscape if not practiced with a larger view to the sustained health kept clearly in mind.