500 year Forest Foundation

500 year Forest Foundation is a great organization started by Ted Harris. We met in Richmond, VA, yesterday to discuss the commonalities and differences among our organizations. Commonalities? We need more mature forests! Differences? the Old-Growth Forest Network wants to be sure mature forests are alway accessible to the public. Being in Richmond was a good opportunity to visit some family (the Wolfe clan) and stop in at the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation -- where the Old Growth Forest Network idea was well recieved.

Old-Growth Forest Network website

Schoolhouse Woods, Wye Wildlife Management Area, Queen Anne's County, MD

The Old-Growth Forest Network now has a website, thanks to intern Jameson Harrington.

Website for the Old-Growth Forest Network

Schoolhouse Woods (in photo) will be the perfect forest in the network for Queen Anne's County, MD. This forest is small -- only about 20 acres -- but it is so impressive with its massive trees of many species. This is the forest I wrote about in the first chapter of my book Teaching the Trees. I visited the forest again last week with documentary maker John Fine. He is trying to raise funds to make a documentary on Trees.

Tom Horton's review of 'Among the Ancients'

Review of 'Among the Ancients' by Tom Horton

Tom is such a fabulous writer and I am honored that he wrote such a perfect review of my book, 'Among the Ancients.'

Looking forward to my reading at Barnes and Noble in Owings Mills tomorrow

Tim Wheeler, from the Baltimore Sun, posted a nice blog about my book and reading tomorrow night. So now I'm blogging about his blog. (It's almost 2012 isn't it?)
Here's the link to his blog:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/

Stay cool.

Reading for "The Fifteen" in Santa Fe

Part of "The Fifteen" in Santa Fe. I had a lovely time talking with this group - - the oldest women's literary group west of the Mississippi.

I love natural hot springs! And I was lucky to get to visit one on this trip.What you have to be there to experience is the lovely smell of sage and pinyon pine.

Lots of art everywhere in Santa Fe.

Got to reconnect with my cousin Diane. She and her husband Bob have a lovely traditional style house. We took a great high altitude hike through aspen groves.

On the radio...walking through the woods with Marc Steiner

steiner_11_5_26_hr2.mp3

The link above is to a long radio program which resulted from taking a walk in the woods with Marc Steiner at the end of May. It's about an hour long. Enjoy!

Books, books, books...

In case you are confused...there are two new books available from the Maloof household about trees. "Among the Ancients" is the book I wrote about visiting old-growth forests in the eastern states. It was published by the wonderful people at Ruka Press. You can order the book from them or from Amazon, or from your favorite independent bookstore (preferred). The other book, "A Path to Beauty: Ecology of Ancient Forests," is a book that Rick and I worked on together. It contains minimal text, quotes about beauty, and over forty of Rick's beautiful photographs. That book is self-published with the help of the many gifts in his memory.

I am also blessed that "Teaching the Trees," my first book, continues to sell well and touch many readers.