Author: Shelley Smith MastranPublisher:
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Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Mountaineers and Rangers
Author: Shelley Smith MastranPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Mountaineers and Rangers - a History of Federal Forest Management in the Southern Appalachians, 1900-81
Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Southern Appalachians
Author: Susan L. YarnellPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428953736
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A Brief History of Forestry in Europe
Author: Bernhard Eduard FernowPublisher:
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Category : Forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Ecotourism in Appalachia
Author: Al FritschPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813159229
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Tourism is the world's largest industry, and ecotourism is rapidly emerging as its fastest growing segment. As interest in nature travel increases, so does concern for conservation of the environment and the well-being of local peoples and cultures. Appalachia seems an ideal destination for ecotourists, with its rugged mountains, uniquely diverse forests, wild rivers, and lively arts culture. And ecotourism promises much for the region: protecting the environment while bringing income to disadvantaged communities. But can these promises be kept? Ecotourism in Appalachia examines both the potential and the threats that tourism holds for Central Appalachia. The authors draw lessons from destinations that have suffered from the "tourist trap syndrome," including Nepal and Hawaii. They conclude that only carefully regulated and locally controlled tourism can play a positive role in Appalachia's economic development.
George Washington National Forest
Author: Jean L. SatterthwaitePublisher:
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Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Appalachian Forest
Author: Chris BolgianoPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811701266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
An eloquent account of Appalachia's past and future. Since European settlement, Appalachia's natural history has been profoundly impacted by the people who have lived, worked, and traveled there. Bolgiano's journey explores the influx of settlers, Native American displacement, lumber and coal exploitation, the birth of forestry, and conservation issues. 37 photos.
The Blue Ridge Parkway
Author: Harley E. JolleyPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870491009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book is an overview of the Blue Ridge Parkway's first fifty years, with photographs by William Bake. Noted Blue Ridge Parkway Historian, Harley E. Jolley, wrote the descriptions and text.
Blue Ridge Commons
Author: Kathryn NewfontPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820341258
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
"In the late twentieth century, residents of the Blue Ridge mountains in western North Carolina fiercely resisted certain environmental efforts, even while launching aggressive initiatives of their own. Kathryn Newfont provides context for those events by examining the environmental history of this region over the course of three hundred years, identifying what she calls commons environmentalism--a cultural strain of conservation in American history that has gone largely unexplored. Efforts in the 1970s to expand federal wilderness areas in the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests generated strong opposition. For many mountain residents the idea of unspoiled wilderness seemed economically unsound, historically dishonest, and elitist. Newfont shows that local people's sense of commons environmentalism required access to the forests that they viewed as semipublic places for hunting, fishing, and working. Policies that removed large tracts from use were perceived as 'enclosure' and resisted. Incorporating deep archival work and years of interviews and conversations with Appalachian residents, Blue Ridge Commons reveals a tradition of people building robust forest protection movements on their own terms."--p. [4] of cover.
Author: Terry L. West