Forest for the Trees: How Humans Shaped the North Woods

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TheForest for theTrees How Humans Shaped the North Woods J E F F F O R E S T E R M I N N E S O T A H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y P R E S S iii © 2004 by the Minnesota Historical Society. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, write to the Minnesota Historical Society Press, 345 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906. www.mnhs.org/mhspress The Minnesota Historical Society Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. International Standard Book Number 0-87351-480-7 (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Forester, Jeff (Jeffery Edward), 1961– The forest for the trees : how humans shaped the North woods / Jeff Forester. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 0-87351-480-7 (casebound : alk. paper) 1. Forests and forestry—Minnesota—Boundary Waters Canoe Area—History. 2. Forest ecology—Minnesota—Boundary Waters Canoe Area—History. 3. Nature—Effect of human beings on—Minnesota—Boundary Waters Canoe Area— History. 4. Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)—History. I. Title. SD144.M6F67 2004 634.9⬘09776⬘75—dc22 2004000164 Frontispiece: Railroad tracks cut through misty pines at Herb Good’s Fourmile Portage iv For Allie, who dances up the steepest paths and shines in the darkest nights v vi THE TIGER TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And, when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet? What the hammer? What the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water’d heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee? Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? william blake vii viii ...