LEADER 03090oam 22004814a 450 001 9910482009003321 005 20230621141109.0 010 $a0-7006-3079-1 035 $a(CKB)5600000000000307 035 $a(OCoLC)1252623466 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse95523 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7295060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7295060 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000000307 100 $a19890727e19891986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTimber and the Forest Service$fDavid A. Clary 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cUniversity Press of Kansas$d1988 210 1$aLondon :$cEurospan [distributor],$d1986 210 4$dİ1986 215 $a1 online resource ([xvi, 252] pages) : $cillustrations, 3 maps, portraits ; 225 0 $aDevelopment of western resources 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $aOriginally published: 1986. 311 $a0-7006-0389-1 330 $aNearly onequarter of America is covered with forests?almost 800 million acres. There are 151 national forests, comprising close to 200 million acres in thirtynine states and Puerto Rico. These protected lands are administered by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the Department of Agriculture. David Clary here examines the history of and controversies surrounding the Forest Service?s policies for timber management in our national forests.In this first indepth study of the political, bureaucratic, social, and ideological relationships between the Forest Service and the production of timber, Clary traces the continuity in the agency?s outlook from its creation in 1905 through fears of a ?timber famine? to the ?clearcutting? controversies of the mid 1970s. He shows convincingly that, despite legislative remedies and agency reports, timber production has remained the agency?s first priority and that other (multiple uses?recreation, watershed protection, wilderness, livestock grazing, and wildlife management?were regulated so that they would not interfere with potential timber harvests. Throughout its history, the agency is shown to have been enchanted with the objective of producing timber.Clary?s theme, in what he describes as an ?administrative, political, scientific, and anecdotal history,? is that the Forest Service exhibited consistent actions and attitudes over the years and failed to confront realistically changes in the national culture that altered what the American people wanted from the forests and the Forest Service. 606 $aThe Earth: natural history general$2bicssc 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aThe Earth: natural history: general interest 615 7$aThe Earth: natural history general 700 $aClary$b David A$01022848 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910482009003321 996 $aTimber and the Forest Service$92429782 997 $aUNINA