Author: Gilbert W. DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Anecdotal histories from past Forest Service workers. -- Amazon.
Forest Service Memories
Author: Gilbert W. DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Anecdotal histories from past Forest Service workers. -- Amazon.
Voices of the Forest: A Collection of Memories from the Colville National Forest and the US Forest Service
Author: Voices of the Forest
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colville National Forest (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Voices of the Forest: A Collection of Memories from the Colville National Forest and the US Forest Service. Compiled by Rebecca L. Gordon and Steve Kramer
Author: 10 Things You Never Knew about the USDA Forest Service
Author: Mountains Of Memory
Author: Don ScheesePublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587294079
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In Mountains of Memory, seasoned wilderness dweller Don Scheese charts a long season of watching for and fighting fires in the largest federal wilderness area in the mainland United States. In the tradition of Edward Abbey and Gary Snyder, Scheese offers readers a meditation on the meaning and value of wilderness at the beginning of the twenty-first century, painting a complex portrait of the natural, institutional, and historical forces that have shaped the great forested landscapes of the American West. Book jacket.
Early Days in the Forest Service
Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foresters
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Forest of Memory
Author: Mary Robinette KowalPublisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 0765383896
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Katya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients are rich and they demand items and experiences with only the finest verifiable provenance. Other people’s lives have value, after all. But when her A.I. suddenly stops whispering in her ear she finds herself cut off from the grid and loses communication with the rest of the world. The man who stepped out of the trees while hunting deer cut her off from the cloud, took her A.I. and made her his unwilling guest. There are no Authenticities or Captures to prove Katya’s story of what happened in the forest. You’ll just have to believe her. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Early Days in the Forest Service: 50th anniversary ed
Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foresters
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Reliving the memories of an Indian forester: Memoir of S Shyam Sunder
Author: Shivsharan SomeshwarPublisher: Manipal Universal Press
ISBN: 9388337131
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Shyam Sunder’s education, in Mangalore and later in Madras, followed a course predestined for entry in to the forest service. In the Madras Presidency of the early 1950s, selection to a Class I government post was highly coveted, as well as restricted by numerous fences of exclusion. However, he succeeded due to several unusual events he narrates vividly in this memoir. One of his early forestry mentors cautioned, “Shyam Sunder, you’ll either go very far or will lose your way. I advise you to be careful.” As a researcher, forest administrator, and later as head of the forest department, he always chose to do what felt right. Inexplicably, that hastened success throughout his career. Except for a short period of two years, when he lost most of his hair thanks to a despondent boss, Shyam Sunder’s career was a ‘dream come true.’ With the affection of 10,000 staff, full support of the chief ministers he served under, and ample confidence of the government, Shyam Sunder made Karnataka a model state for forestry in India. He retired in 1989 as the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. Shyam Sunder loved Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the dog), due to the similarity between the trip depicted in the book, up and down the Thames, and his own career. In both cases, life was interesting while not always smooth whether it was protecting forests in the Western Ghats from insatiable societal demands, working with ministers intent on getting their way, or striving to achieve conservation goals while being part of a labyrinthine bureaucracy. Under his leadership, partnering with a staff of ten thousand officials, the forest department of Karnataka became the envy of departments across the country. Shyam Sunder’s memoir is a series of vignettes, from numerous comedic to a tragic few. The life narrated is varied and never short of excitement – being ten yards from a charging tusker or a foot away from a King Cobra; defying orders of the chief minister; being hauled up for contempt of the high court, and discussing with Indira Gandhi the best way to eat avocados. Possessed of wit and passion, the narration lays bare the hubris of popular discourse on noble forest livelihoods, and unflinchingly narrates neglect of rural communities, as well as of forests, at times by the callous imposition of rules and regulations.