Joan Maloof Explained

Joan Maloof (born) is an American environmental activist and author.^[1] She founded the Old-Growth Forest Network in 2012.^[2]

Maloof was raised in Delaware. Her father was a chemical engineer. She is the author of five books. Her first, Teaching the Trees, was published in 2005, and her second, Among the Ancients, in 2011.^[3] In 2017, she published The Living Forest with photographer Robert Llewellyn.^[4]

She is a professor emerita at Salisbury University.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: Pitts . Jonathan M. . Steady growth: Maryland woman spearheads fight to preserve America's old-growth forests . 18 October 2022 . . 10 March 2022.
2. News: Grazier . Steven M. . Wilderness Center's Sigrist Woods becomes part of Old-Growth Forest Network . 18 October 2022 . The Independent. 13 April 2022.
3. DEAN . TAMARA . Blowdown: WHEN A TORNADO TEARS THROUGH A BELOVED LANDSCAPE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST LET NATURE HEAL ITSELF? . . 2010 . 79 . 4 . 66 . 41222255 . 0003-0937.
4. News: Higgins . Adrian . An ecologist speaks for the silent giants: Old-growth trees . 18 October 2022 . . 24 October 2017.
5. News: Goldstein . Jessica . Descriptions of 'old-growth forest' are somewhat elusive . 18 October 2022 . . 21 October 2011.
6. News: Crable . Ad . Quest under way to find, protect old-growth forests . 18 October 2022 . Bay Journal . 17 December 2021 . en.