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"An absorbing true-crime story and a fascinating examination of the deep and troubled relationship between people and forests."
—Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts
A fast-paced investigation into timber poaching that reveals why stealing trees has become a billion-dollar industry.
Deep in the thickets of North America's most ancient woodland, timber poachers are felling some of the last remaining old-growth on our continent. Redwoods, cedar, and Douglas fir trees are all victims of poaching. Sold on the black market, they end up in our homes as furniture, souvenirs, and firewood. Stealing timber is a lucrative crime, valued at $1 billion annually. One forest in the West experienced so much poaching that it was declared an "epidemic."
Starting in northern California, Tree Thieves follows a group of poachers into the backwoods of the Pacific Northwest, tracking cases of timber poaching from crime to market. In...
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