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By James P. Gannon
Special to the Rappahannock News
As autumn reminds Virginians of the beauty of our surrounding mountain forests, author Chris Bolgiano has published a book for all who love the woods.
In her book, “Living in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of Sustainable Forestry,'’ she explores issues of environment and economies in the human use of forests, and what the concept of “sustainability” means. Through a series of landowner profiles, from a tattooed ex-con horse logger to the Republican president of the Sierra Club, she tells the stories of people and places that illuminate what “sustainable” means for the mountain landscapes that surround us.
The author, w'ho lives on a wooded mountain in the Shenandoah Valley and teaches at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, will discuss and sign her new book at the Old Sperryville Bookshop on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.
The book is a thought-provoking piece of work for anyone who owns a plot of forest land, large or small. The author explores issues through the profiles of people whose lives are intimately connected to the woods. One of the most compelling is the story of Jason Rutledge of Floyd County, Va., who is helping revive an old and nearly lost tradition of “horse logging.”
Jason, a Vietnam war veter
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