Quentin Bass: Appalachian Tales with a Megaphone

• PEER first encountered Quentin Bass, an archaeologist with the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, in 2003. He had uncovered Forest Service historical records showing from a century ago that the Southern Appalachian forests were once dominated by tall, old trees, some 300 years old or more, indicating a relatively stable ecosystem. This information counters the Forest Service's long-standing assertion that the forests require large-scale logging and prescribed burns to mimic natural conditions that generate an "early successional" forest. That meant... Read More » VIEW MORE VIDEOS »