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2023-2024 Common Read - Braiding Sweetgrass: Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide

"Trees constitute the environmental quality committee—running air and water purification service 24- 7. They’re on every task force, from the historical society picnic to the highway department, school board, and library." p 169

Acer saccharum (sugar maple tree in fall colors)

James St. John, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Sugar house

Jared C. Benedict. Released under the GFDL by photographer Jared C. Benedict.

Keywords

Bioregion: a region defined by characteristics of the natural environment rather than by man-made divisions. (OL)

Boreal: of, relating to, or located in northern regions (MW)

Fossil Fuel: a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains (MW)

Stipulate: to demand an express term in an agreement (MW)

Unequivocally: in a way that leaves no doubt. (OL)

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