{"product_id":"the-twilight-forest-an-elegy-for-ponderosa-in-a-changing-west-hardcover","title":"The Twilight Forest: An Elegy for Ponderosa in a Changing West - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their towering, cinnamon-colored trunks and dusky green canopies, ponderosa pine has long been a charismatic icon of the American West. Yet a quiet unraveling has begun: in the past decade, in a vast area from Santa Fe to the Sierras, more than two hundred million ponderosa have died. While some trees will survive in cooler places, scientists estimate that by mid-century less than five percent of the ponderosa in the American Southwest may remain. As the very character of this vast region shifts, what will be left behind? And how can we come to terms with such profound loss? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, Gary Ferguson brings readers on an expansive journey through the ponderosa forests of the Southwest both to mourn--and to celebrate--the forests that nurtured him. In warm and luminous storytelling, Ferguson weaves together the human and natural history of ponderosa, from its march across the West more than 10,000 years ago, to centuries of artists inspired by its dazzling stature and shady passageways. Both wildfire and climate change are constant presences on this journey. Fire is necessary for healthy forests but has turned deadly, while climate change stresses even the hardiest beings of the natural world. Yet the story of ponderosa reminds us that loss can be a gateway to connection--to nature and each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While it is tempting to hide from the changes around us, Ferguson offers a healing approach: \"to pick even one of these thousand doors of loss, pull it open and walk through.\" The resulting journey is a life-affirming tribute to one of America's most cherished wild landscapes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Gary Ferguson has written for a variety of national publications, including \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of twenty-seven books on nature and science. His memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Carry Home\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \"gorgeous, with beauty on every page,\" was awarded \"Best Nature Book of the Year\" by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. \u003ci\u003eHawks Rest\u003c\/i\u003e--described as \"dazzling\" by \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e--was the first title to win the Best Book award from both the Mountains and Plains and the Pacific Northwest booksellers associations. \u003ci\u003eDecade of the Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, meanwhile, written with Yellowstone wolf project director Doug Smith, was Montana Book of the Year. Gary's 2016 article \"A Deeper Boom,\" for \u003ci\u003eOrion \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, was chosen \"Best Essay of the Year\" by the American Society of Journalists and Authors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gary is a frequent keynote speaker on a variety of conservation issues, as well as a former member of the National Geographic Lecture Series.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337126338925,"sku":"9781642833423","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/W7UXXyVmMO9781642833423.webp?v=1778926356","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-twilight-forest-an-elegy-for-ponderosa-in-a-changing-west-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}