John Pastor
Island Press, February 2016
In What Should a Clever Moose Eat?, University of Minnesota, Duluth, ecologist John Pastor takes readers on a deep dive into the natural history of a place he clearly has a fondness for. An intellectual descendant of Aldo Leopold, Pastor chooses a domain far wider than the area of Sand County, encompassing the whole of the North Woods, which extends from the western shore of Lake Superior to the coast of Newfoundland far to the east. But his perceptive love for the ecosystem shines through just as brilliantly as Leopold’s did.
As he considers the intricate natural details of the place—focusing on caterpillars, beaver ponds, and the titular moose, each in its turn—Pastor reveals an ethos that stewards of ...
