Author: Dennis Morrow RothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Wilderness Movement and the National Forests
Author: Dennis Morrow RothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Wilderness Movement and the National Forests
Author: Dennis Morrow RothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Wilderness Movement and the National Forests, 1980-1984
Author: Dennis Morrow RothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest policy
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Forests for the People
Author: Christopher JohnsonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 9781610910095
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Forests for the People tells one of the most extraordinary stories of environmental protection in our nation’s history: how a diverse coalition of citizens, organizations, and business and political leaders worked to create a system of national forests in the Eastern United States. It offers an insightful and wide-ranging look at the actions leading to the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911—landmark legislation that established a system of well-managed forests in the East, the South, and the Great Lakes region—along with case studies that consider some of the key challenges facing eastern forests today. The book begins by looking at destructive practices widely used by the timber industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including extensive clearcutting followed by forest fire that devastated entire landscapes. The authors explain how this led to the birth of a new conservation movement that began simultaneously in the Southern Appalachians and New England, and describe the subsequent protection of forests in New England (New Hampshire and the White Mountains); the Great Lakes region (Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota), and the Southern Appalachians. Following this historical background, the authors offer eight case studies that examine critical issues facing the eastern national forests today, including timber harvesting, the use of fire, wilderness protection, endangered wildlife, oil shale drilling, invasive species, and development surrounding national park borders. Forests for the People is the only book to fully describe the history of the Weeks Act and the creation of the eastern national forests and to use case studies to illustrate current management issues facing these treasured landscapes. It is an important new work for anyone interested in the past or future of forests and forestry in the United States.
The Wilderness Movement and the National Forests, 1980-1984
Author: The Wilderness Movement and the National Forests
Author: Dennis Morrow RothThe Wilderness Movement and the National Forests
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780461689334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
American Wilderness
Author: Michael LewisPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199883963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
This collected volume of original essays proposes to address the state of scholarship on the political, cultural, and intellectual history of Americans responses to wilderness from first contact to the present. While not bringing a synthetic narrative to wilderness, the volume will gather competing interpretations of wilderness in historical context.
Review of National Wilderness Preservation System
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Departmental OperationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wilderness areas
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Wilderness Movement and the National Forests
Author: Dennis Morrow RothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest policy
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description