Forests Adrift

Charles D. Canham is senior scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York.

“Charlie Canham takes us on an inspiring walk through the past, present, and future of northeastern forests, with the wisdom of a lifelong forest scientist and the wonder of a naturalist.  Incredibly readable and insightful."—Indy Burke, Carl W. Knobloch. Jr., Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies“Forests may drift, but Charles Canham, in drawing from decades of field studies and an unrivaled melding of natural history and modeling, steers an enlightening course from prehistory towards an uncertain future.”—David Foster, coeditor, Forests in Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 Years of Change in New England, and author, A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha’s Vineyard“Charles Canham’s writing is refreshing. I will have Forests Adrift on my shelves and will definitely refer to it again and again.”—John Pastor, author of What Should a Clever Moose Eat?“Forests Adrift is deeply rooted in science and exquisitely written—a joy of a book! And it is a wonderful example of the complexities of nature and the role of people: I will never look at a forest the same again.”—Thomas E. Lovejoy, University Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University“Charles Canham’s highly original, cutting-edge research is contextualized in the broader framework of our forests and their futures. I would highly recommend it to scientists and nonscientists.”—Robert Fahey, University of Connecticut