The Hidden Forest

Dust jacket notes: "In 1969, wilderness writer Sigurd F. Olson and nature photographer Les Blacklock collaborated to create the first edition of The Hidden Forest, a landmark in the world of nature publishing. Now, over twenty years later, it is time to reopen the forest. This new edition of The Hidden Forest includes the photography of both Les and his daughter-in-law, Nadine Blacklock. The Blacklocks' photographs reveal an intimate view of the forest and its inhabitants, capturing the beauty of nature as well as its meaning. From the Blacklocks comes a world best regarded from a hand-and-knees vantage point - a terrain of moss-covered logs, lichen-encrusted granite, and forest-floor wildflowers. Occasional cliff-top glimpses over the forest canopy put the landscape beneath it into context. Sigurd Olson's pieces, as lyrical and relevant today as ever, are still included. Sigurd Olson's writings complement the Blacklocks' photography, fully conveying the sanctuary and peace of the hidden forest and the processes that make the ecosystem function."