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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460776803321

Autore

Thomas Jack Ward

Titolo

Jack Ward Thomas : The Journals of a Forest Service Chief / / edited by Harold K. Steen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, North Carolina : , : Forest History Society

Seattle : , : In association with University of Washington Press, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

0-295-80346-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Disciplina

634.9/092

B

Soggetti

Forstwissenschaftler

Employees

Biologists

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING - Agriculture - General

GARDENING - Fruit

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Science & Technology

Biologists - United States

Tagebuch

History

Diaries.

Electronic books.

USA

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Introduction; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; Index; A ; B ; C ; D ; E ; F ; G ; H ; I ; J ; K ; L ; M ; N ; O ; P ; Q ; R ; S ; T ; U ; V ; W ; Y ; Z

Sommario/riassunto

He considers the timber salvage rider and its linkage to forest health, the Department of Justice and Counsel on Environmental Quality



influence on Forest Service policies, and interagency management for the Columbia River Basin." "Woven throughout these excerpts from his diary is Thomas's conviction that the effective, ethical management of wildlife depends on how the management effort is situated within the broader human context, with all its intransigence and unpredictability."--Jacket.

"The issues Thomas dealt with in office and noted in his journals lie at the heart of recent Forest Service policy and controversy, starting with President Clinton's Timber Summit in Portland, Oregon, dealing with the spotted owl issue, and the 1994 loss of fourteen firefighters in the Storm King Mountain fire in Colorado. Against a constant backdrop of partisan politics in the White House and Congress, Thomas discusses issues ranging from grazing in the national forests and long-term pulp timber sales in Alaska to the New World Mine near Yellowstone National Park.

"Jack Ward Thomas, an eminent wildlife biologist and U.S. Forest Service career scientist, was drafted in the late 1980s to head teams of scientists to develop strategies for managing the habitat of the northern spotted owl. That assignment led to his selection as Forest Service chief during the early years of the Clinton administration. It is history's good fortune that Thomas kept journals of this thoughts and daily experiences, and that he is a writer able to capture the moment with clarity and grace."