A realm of American originals: three hundred years after the Voyage of Discovery, the findings of Lewis and Clark are still affecting our everyday lives. From: American Forests | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: Lantz, Gary | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Forests. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

When Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the uncharted West, he set in motion actions which even today affect how we manage our forestlands. In this issue of American Forests, we look at some of those connections, including a closer look at some of the trees Lewis and Clark identified and brought back East. Among them were species like ponderosa and lodgepole pine, trees that proved so commercially valuable they contributed significantly to the buildi...