keystone species Archives

White Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree

January 12, 2023 by John Pastor

By telling the utilitarian, cultural, and scientific stories of white pine, I will explore how a foundation species defines and inspires our views of nature and how we live within a landscape dominated by it.

Lyla June on the Forest as Farm

November 19, 2019 by Tracy L. Barnett

What we’re finding, and what European scientists are finally figuring out, is that human beings are meant to be a keystone species. And a keystone species is a species that if you take it out, the whole thing unravels.