Wilderness
Author | : United States. Forest Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Forest reserves |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Forest Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Forest reserves |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John C. Miles |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295990392 |
Wilderness in National Parks casts light on the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and its policy goals of wilderness preservation and recreation. By examining the overlapping and sometimes contradictory responsibilities of the park service and the national wilderness preservation system, John C. Miles finds the National Park Service still struggling to deal with an idea that lies at the core of its mission and yet complicates that mission, nearly one hundred years into its existence. The National Park Service's ambivalence about wilderness is traced from its beginning to the turn of the twenty-first century. The Service is charged with managing more wilderness acreage than any government agency in the world and, in its early years, frequently favored development over preservation. The public has perceived national parks as permanently protected wilderness resources, but in reality this public confidence rests on shaky ground. Miles shows how changing conceptions of wilderness affected park management over the years, with a focus on the tension between the goals of providing recreational spaces for the American people and leaving lands pristine and undeveloped for future generations.
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher Johnson |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-01-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781610910095 |
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.
Author | : Kenneth Brower |
Publisher | : Division |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Information and photographs of our national forests in stunning detail.
Author | : Lauren Danner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780874223521 |
North Cascades National Park is remote, rugged, and spectacularly majestic. Efforts to establish a park gained traction after World War II, as national interest in wilderness preservation and concerns about the impact of harvesting timber grew. Troubled by the National Park Service¿s policy favoring development for tourism and the United States Forest Service¿s policy promoting logging in the national forests, conservationists leveraged a changing political environment and the evolving environmental values of the natural resource agencies. Their activism eventually led to the 1968 creation of a crown jewel--Washington¿s magnificent third national park. This engaging account tells the story.
Author | : Robert H. Mohlenbrock |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2006-03-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0520930541 |
Part armchair travelogue, part guide book, this projected three-volume series—divided into the western, central, and eastern United States—will introduce readers to all 155 national forests across the country. This Land is the only comprehensive field guide that describes the natural features, wildernesses, scenic drives, campgrounds, and hiking trails of our national forests, many of which—while little known and sparsely visited—boast features as spectacular as those found in our national parks and monuments. Each entry includes logistical information about size and location, facilities, attractions, and associated wilderness areas. For about half of the forests, Robert H. Mohlenbrock has provided sidebars on the biological or geological highlights, drawn from the "This Land" column that he has written for Natural History magazine since 1984. Superbly illustrated with color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is loaded with information, clearly written, and easy to use. This volume covers national forests in: Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
Author | : United States. Forest Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Wilderness areas |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeff Mitchell |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2006-12-20 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780811733724 |
Covers 50 dayhikes and 5 backpacking trails with tips, times, vistas, and maps.