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"The public has spoken: save our forests . . . At the U.S. Forest Service, that means taking a more holistic view of America's woodlands--their past as well as their present. Enter archeology." "Both Artifact and Habitat," Sandra Jo Forney |
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Far from waiting for the Industrial Revolution, human beings have been agents of change in the environments of North America for at least 12,000 years. Why we must take the long view in managing ecosystems. Ancient hunters occupied Alaska’s Mesa site during a time of radical climate change. Study of the site may fuel the global warming debate. Even if a forest is long gone, archeologists can often detect evidence of it in the sites and artifacts that remain. This fact has far-reaching implications for restoring and sustaining the nation’s woodlands.
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