![]() ![]() It is an American environmental communication. The wall is a message, encoding a bit of human–land interaction in the United States. Theirs was a thoroughly un-modern and close relationship with the land. Pioneers who built rock fences meant to let others know that this was their land, that a family made its living here. The wall’s communicative purpose was to proclaim dominion. Such rock fences are the residue of difficult, extensive work. ![]() The practical purposes of the wall were to mark a boundary and to provide a place for disposal of rocks, to lessen the difficulty of plowing. This structure likely used to mark the edge of a farm field, from which food and fiber were extracted. On the boulders comprising the fence, lichen colonies have formed, a phenomenon requiring decades without disturbance. On both sides of the wall, a second-growth forest stands, having replaced virgin woods, removed in all likelihood well before the fence was put in place. Between its origin (circa 1800) and now, there have been shifts in this scene – some marked, some less apparent. This wall was built when the United States was a young nation, by human hands. Rock wall stands on a forest floor in New England. Cover illustration: ‘Rock Wall in Forest’ by Ken Shearer Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (Preface 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. ISBN 978-9-6 e-ISBN 978-9-3 DOI 10.1007/978-9-3 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010924748 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Jeff Danter The Nature Conservancy Florida Chapter USA Jurin School of Biological Sciences University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO USA ĭonny Roush Odyssey School Denver, CO USA Įnvironmental Communication Skills and Principles for Natural Resource Managers, Scientists, and Engineers Second Edition.Environmental Communication Second Edition ![]()
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