Born in Norway, Dr. Andreas Kare Hellum studied forestry at UBC, gained his PhD at the University of Michigan and taught silviculture for many years at the University of Alberta. As well as publishing his research and artwork in A Painter's Year in the Forests of Bhutan, the Alberta-based professor emeritus in U. of A.'s Department of Renewable Resources has recalled his lifelong journey to salvage the world's declining forests and  visiting Thailand, China, Guyana and the Philippines, in Listening to Trees (NeWest Press, 2008). $22.95 978-1-897126-33-2

[BCBW 2008] "Forestry"