Lyndsie Bourgon is a writer, oral historian, and 2018 National Geographic Explorer based in British Columbia. She writes about the environment and its entanglement with history, culture, and identity. Her features have been published in The Atlantic, Smithsonian, the Guardian, the Oxford American, Aeon, The Walrus, and Hazlitt, among other outlets.
"Tree Thieves is a valuable contribution to how we think about our
future interaction with these forest treasures that early Western
explorers dubbed 'red gold' and our future impact on the
planet."--Frederick H. Turner, Natural Resources & Environment
"Tree Thieves is a vividly written, fine piece of investigative
reporting."--The Los Angeles Review of Books
"Tree Thieves is both an absorbing true-crime story and a
fascinating examination of the deep and troubled relationship
between people and forests. From Sherwood Forest to the California
redwoods to the Peruvian Amazon, Lyndsie Bourgon illuminates the
violent conflicts over power, class, and identity that continue to
shape and scar the forests we depend on."--Michelle Nijhuis, author
of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
"A fascinating blend of history and boots-in-the-mud journalism,
which manages to dig into ancient and thorny questions about who
really owns wild land and who is allowed to live off it. To poach
of course means to steal. But is wilderness preservation also a
form of theft, only on a larger scale? This book does what all
great books should: it leaves your mind broader, deeper, and more
nuanced."--Robert Moor, author of On Trails: An Exploration
"A refreshing and compassionate warning about the perils of
well-intentioned but overzealous environmentalism."--New York
Times
"Absorbing. Part social history, part true crime, Tree Thieves is a
riveting tale of timber heists plaguing forests from the redwoods
to the Amazon."--Ash Davidson, author of Damnation Spring
"An astounding, essential read in our time of environmental and
social crises. Tree Thieves exposes the astonishing realities of
tree poaching and the dire consequences of excluding rural and
Indigenous communities from preservation efforts."--Kirk Wallace
Johnson, author of The Feather Thief and The Fishermen and the
Dragon
"An enlightening and well-balanced account of the potential effects
of environmental protections on local communities."--Kirkus
Reviews
"Bourgon vividly captures a hidden cat and mouse game playing out
in some of the world's most iconic forests."--Sarah Berman, author
of Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and
the Women of NXIVM
"Bourgon's thoughtful approach and sharp investigative reporting
will give environmentalists, policymakers, and park lovers a new
perspective on the consequences of prioritizing endangered
environments at the expense of the people who live in them. Nature
lovers, take note."--Publishers Weekly
"Supple, thoughtful prose that may remind you of Rebecca
Solnit."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Tracking thieves, poachers, and capitalists, Lyndsie Bourgon
masterfully takes on the role of detective shining a light on the
complex and camouflaged world of the timber black market. The
result is a meticulous investigation and a powerful testimony to
the trees silently taken and the consequences of their fall that
reverberate well beyond the forest."--Harley Rustad, author of Lost
in the Valley of Death
"Tree Thieves is a deeply researched examination of the past,
present, and future of our forests, told through stories of timber
poaching. Lyndsie Bourgon shows us that we must take into account
all the complexities of human-nature relationships if we are to
have any hope of keeping our standing giants alive."--Gina Rae La
Cerva, author of Feasting Wild
"Tree Thieves is just an exceptional book. It's a gripping
investigation into tree poaching, a remarkably compassionate study
of the culture clashes involved, a thoughtful look at environmental
values. But underlying all of that is Lyndsie Bourgon's lyrical
reminder of everything we love and everything we lose in a world of
vanishing forests."--Deborah Blum, Pulitzer-prize winning author of
The Poisoner's Handbook
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