Joan Maloof

Joan Maloof (born ) is an American environmental activist and author. She founded the Old-Growth Forest Network in 2012.

Maloof was raised in Delaware. Her father was a chemical engineer. Nature's Temples followed in 2016, with a revised edition released in 2023. In 2017, Maloof published The Living Forest with photographer Robert Llewellyn. Her latest book, Treepedia, was published by Princeton University Press in 2021.

She is a professor emerita at Salisbury University.

Books

Treepedia: A Brief Compendium of Arboreal Lore. The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods. Nature's Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests. Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest.