Guest Post By Phyllis Ridge, forest landowner and 2012 WaTW Retreat graduate

Explore My Land Plan to Protect and Enjoy Your Woods

By Amanda Cooke

It’s likely you have children, perhaps grandchildren, and it’s probable that you own forest land too. If you wish your offspring to have some attachment to that land, if you expect them to care for it as you do when you turn it over to them, begin now!

Antelope Valley, Idaho (a prose poem)

—Renée E. D’Aoust

 

Women of the Woods hold a unique role in today's society. But let’s face it: We are a bit different from our more urban sisters.

Memory of Trees by Galya Marty is the story of a daughter growing up on a dairy farm in east central Minnesota. The trees around the farm made a lasting impact on the author and are an important theme throughout the book.