Message in the Plaza: Landscape, Landscaping, and Forest Discourse in HondurasFootnote^*

* The author would like to thank the late Terry Jordan‐Bychkov, Bill Doolittle, Bill Davidson, and Steve Hoelscher for supporting my research interests. Scott Brady kindly read and offered comments on an earlier draft of this article. The editors of the Geographical Review, Douglas Johnson and Viola Haarmann, and anonymous reviewers offered helpful comments and suggestions that greatly improved the manuscript. Financial support was provided by the Tinker Foundation, Study Abroad Programs at the University of Texas, Austin and the Peninsula Community Foundation. Most important, I would like to thank the many Hondurans who invited me into their homes and lives and from whom I learned much.

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