OF: A found poem built from p. 1-7 of “The scientific value of the largest remaining old-growth red pine forests in North America.” Anand, Madhur et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 22 (2013): 1847-1861.
of
their original range
of
limiting resources
of
complex habits
of
coarse woody debris
of
natural disturbance-driven succession
of
pines
of
early-mid successional
of
this forest
of
refugia
of
criteria for assessing
of
conservation
of
the Laurentian ice sheet
of
pine forests
of
forest fires
of
medium-aged stands
of
old-growth
of
Wolf Lake Forest Reserve
of
crown land
of
Temagami, Ontario
of
the 66 forest reserves
of
the 11 reserves where consensus was not reached
of
Northern Development and Mines
of
“Forest Reserve”
of
“Conservation Reserve”
of
Ontario’s landscape
of
the leases that have been renewed
of
mining leases
of
title to or interest in
of
mining interest elsewhere
of
the lakes through waterways
of
this forest stand
of
the processes, patterns
of
pristine
of
forest management guidelines
of
woody debris
of
understory plant diversity
of
vertebrate species
of
old-growth red pine
of
water, light
of
understory vegetation
of
nitrogen
of
this southern species
of
other non-forest habitats
of
the entire ecosystem
AND: A found poem built from p. 7-12 of “The scientific value of the largest remaining old-growth red pine forests in North America.” Anand, Madhur et al. Biodiversity and Conservation 22 (2013): 1847-1861.
and
unique biodiversity
and
unique biodiversity that is sensitive
and
acid rain
and
forest structure
and
mitigation
and
experiments
and
restoration is advancing
and
other taxa
and
generally slower to recover
and
old red pine
and
governmental agencies
and
species diversity
and
migrate
and
active fire management
and
essential processes
and
functional groupings
and
diversity
and
the ongoing threat of mining
and
land conversion
and
ecosystem range sizes
and
critical ecosystem services
and
of wildlife
and
degree of fragmentation
and
structure of populations
and
the distance
and
quality of resources
and
nutrient capital
and
export of organic
and
inorganic compounds
and
connectivity
and
ecological value
and
social value
and
the canopy is open
and
assessment of all values
and
economic
and
improve our decisions
and
preservation or endangerment of old-growth pine ecosystems
and
to emphasize
and
in a permanent manner
and
explicit regulatory protection
and
scientific value
and
climate-change-driven community shifts
and
the Ministry of Northern Development
and
Mining
and
the Willow Lake Coalition
These poems were begun in Madhur Anand’s “Poetry and Science” workshop, delivered in November 2022 as a part of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival’s Writing Craft series.
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Ariel Gordon is a Winnipeg/Treaty 1 Territory-based writer, editor, and enthusiast. Her latest books are 2019’s Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forests (essays) and 2020’s TreeTalk (poetry). Gordon’s maternal uncle worked for thirty years at INCO in Sudbury, as maintenance mechanic and stationary engineer.