Forests for the People The Story of America's Eastern National Forests / by Christopher Johnson, David Govatski.

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 insi...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Christopher (Author), Govatski, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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505 0 |a Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Part I. How the Eastern National Forests Were Saved. 1. The Disappearing Forests of the White Mountains -- 2. Trees to Build the Lake States -- 3. A Forest Crisis in the Southern Appalachians -- 4. Building a Forest Conservation Movement -- 5. Legislation at Last: The Weeks Act -- 6. Creating the Eastern National Forests -- Part II. Issues Facing the Eastern National Forests Today. 7. Holly Springs National Forest: A Study in Forest Management Reform -- 8. Florida’s National Forests: A Revolution in Prescribed Burning -- 9. Monongahela National Forest: Wilderness at Heart -- 10. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: Preservation versus Multiple Use -- 11. Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests: The Return of the Wolf -- 12. Allegheny National Forest: The Challenges of Shale Oil Drilling -- 13. Michigan’s National Forests: The Invasion of the Emerald Ash Borer -- 14. National Forests of Vermont and North Carolina: Loving the Forests to Death -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index. 
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