Nature and Renewal Wild River Valley & Beyond

by Bennett, Dean B.

• ISBN13: 9780884483250
• ISBN10: 0884483258
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-15
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers

Summary

Many of us have taken the wonderful Evans Notch Road along the Maine-New Hampshire order from Gilead, Maine, through the White Mountain national Forest to Fryeburg, Maine without thinking about how different the land might have been in years past. It's now a place of beauty, with Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness on the Maine side of the road, and Wild River Wilderness in New Hampshire on the other. This is the story of Wild River Valley, a magnificent wilderness in a relatively unknown valley, circumscribed by high, steep mountains. It is also the story of the valley's rogue river, Wild River; of a raging wildfire and the disappearance of an entire village community; of both land abuse and land stewardship; of ecological disaster and renewal; of nature's vulnerability and resiliency; and of people who experienced tragedy and good fortune. Amazingly, through the centuries a single mighty hemlock tree survived to be a living witness to it all.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Before the Fire
Magnificent Wildness	p. 3
Human Presence	p. 21
Cutting Lifelines	p. 43
After the Fire
Trauma Within	p. 77
Nature's Renewal	p. 91
Different View	p. 109
Fire in the Heart
Wilderness Vision	p. 127
Bold Idea	p. 139
Unexpected Witness	p. 153
Epilogue	p. 164
Afterword: The Glow Beyond the Valley's Rim	p. 167
Time Line for Wild River Valley	p. 187
1975 Eastern Wilderness Area Designations	p. 193
Notes	p. 194
Index	p. 216
About the Author	p. 222
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