Click the above link for our full selection of forest posters.  Still can't find exactly what you are looking for?  Many of our famous nature prints, particularly those in the scenic section, contain forest images.  You will also find creative tree and forest themes within our fantasy art category, like the tree of life, elves & gnomes, fairy, and mythology posters.

  From ancient times, the forest was considered a mythical, mysterious and often dangerous place.  It embodied the idea of ‘wilderness’, for to venture into the forest was to enter into a wild unknown.  The notion of the forest as a force that needed to be tamed and conquered invited exploitation of this natural resource, both for timber and for agricultural land.   In fact, the extent of forest cover in both Europe and America has declined dramatically over the last several centuries.  England’s forests, which once covered the countryside, have been reduced to just 2.5% of its total land area.  Colonists’ appetite for timber in the New World lead to their unrestricted destruction, with the bulk of American deforestation occurring during the 19^th century.  By 1910, cropland replaced forests in much of the eastern half of the United States . Americans thought little about forestry conservation or management until the mid-19^th century, when Congressman George P. Marsh began to advocate for the management of the nation’s forests.  President Theodore Roosevelt, who was one of the strongest environmental presidents in history, advocated for forest conservation and for their use as wildlife sanctuaries.  The good news is that about 20% of formally cleared U.S. cropland has naturally reforested, though little original, old growth forest remains.  However, most U.S. forests are fragmented by land use practices, which threatens wildlife (like the scarlet tanager bird) that depends on a forest habitat. Most original, undisturbed forests in the world today (known as “frontier forests”) are limited to far northern hemisphere – northern regions of Canada, Alaska and Russia – as well as small regions of South America and Africa.