Big, Wild, and Connected

Acknowledgments and Dedication
Introduction to the Print Edition

PART I: From the Florida Peninsula to the Coastal Plain
Introduction. Why I Chose the Wildway: Background to a Long Trek
Chapter 1. Where the Panther Still Prowls: Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida
Chapter 2. No Preservation without Representation: Longleaf Pine Savanna and Southeast Coastal Plain Waterways
Chapter 3. Red Wolf Realm: Southeast Coastal Plain and Piedmont
Chapter 4. Our Biggest Parks Not Big Enough: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Southern Appalachians

PART II: From the Central Appalachians to the Catskill Mountains
Introduction. Still Moving After All These Miles: Into the Central Appalachian Mountains and Foothills
Chapter 5. Securing an Appalachian Arc: Wildlands Philanthropy on the Edge of Appalachia
Chapter 6. A Forest Hungry for Cougars: West Virginia Highlands and Larger Central Appalachians
Chapter 7. Roadblocks To Recovery: Transportation and Energy Development Fragmenting Penn's Woods
Chapter 8. Wild Playgrounds: New York's Shawangunks and Catskills

PART III: From the Adirondack Mountains to the Gaspé Peninsula
Introduction. Why Protect Wildways: Lessons Confirmed by TrekEast on Importance of Wildlife Corridors
Chapter 9. Our Wildest Lands Are Not Wild Enough: Adirondack Park and Surrounds
Chapter 10. For Whom the Forest Works: Northern Appalachians and Maine Woods
Chapter 11. Where Salmon Still Spawn: Near-Boreal New Brunswick and Quebec
Chapter 12. Can We Get There From Here? Is an Eastern Wildway Still Possible?

About the Author

"Makes a convincing case that big predators need to be allowed back into the forests to restore a natural balance to both flora and fauna...Still, Connected is no head-in-the-clouds screed. It is a comprehensive look at eastern biology and, liberally peppered with suggestions for further reading, is a valuable resource for understanding a grossly underreported problem in these forests."