Teachers in the Forest : Essays from the Last Wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country, Used [Paperback]

'If you look at a map of the upper Mississippi, the river from its source at Lake Itasca to the Twin Cities five hundred miles south, it resembles a shepherd's staff, and within the crook of that staff is what we call headwaters country.'?No animal could change the character of the land as the presence of the wolf had that day.'?The forest talks but a good hunter only hears it by learning its language.'?While I lingered about the old village and the lake, with the water lapping on the shore and the wind whispering in the big pines, I felt for a moment that I was back in time among the Ojibwe families going about their business.'?We must stop seeing the natural world as a commodity and start seeing it as we would see a family member, something to love, protect, care for, and cherish.'

Teachers in the Forest : Essays from the Last Wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country, Used [Paperback]