The Story of Vermont: A Natural and Cultural History (Middlebury Bicentennial Series in Environmental Studies)

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“Landscape history or natural history without humans is incomplete history,” write authors Christopher McGrory Klyza and Stephen C. Trombulak. In their very readable portrayal of geological, biological, and cultural forces that produced the Vermont of lately, they use interconnectedness as a lens to view the changing landscape. Sections such as “From Forestland to Farmland to Funland” describe reciprocal influences of ecosystems, humans, and topography over the years. Sections on specific bioregions provide an explanation for unique interactions of climate and the living world. Whether writing in regards to the emergence of mountain ranges millennia ago, building interstate highways, encounters of indigenous cultures with Europeans, or Act 250’s environmental have an effect on, they make it clear that this isn’t a regular nature guide.

They describe the pre-human evolution of the area and its development into distinct biophysical regions, and then show how pre-Columbian inhabitants engaged and altered the landscape. They trace both the enormous effects of European settlement, in addition to how the ecosystem influenced human habitation and activity. After all, they examine Vermont’s three natural communities: forest, open terrestrial, and aquatic. All the way through, they impart much specific knowledge about Vermont, speculate on its future, and foster an appreciation of the complex synergy of forces that produced this region.

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