The Forest Service and the Greatest Good: A Centennial History - Softcover

Lewis, James G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890300658 ISBN 13: 9780890300657

Publisher: Forest History Society, 2006

Synopsis

America's oldest and largest federal land management agency—the Forest Service—is examined from its roots in the 1800s to present day in this illustrated history. As exemplified by the endless interpretations of the "greatest good"—as it first applied to timber, grazing, and watershed protection and later included recreation, wilderness, wildlife, and eventually the consideration of ecosystem management—this is the story of the myriad conflicts that have pitted America's primary land-management agency against the President. By documenting the establishment of the National Forest System and subsequent conservation policies, the work profiles the numerous men and women working as Forest Service agents in the National Forest System who are dedicated to researching and developing new ways of addressing the conflicts over natural resources management on the 193 million acres of federal land. The book is the companion to the documentary film The Greatest Good: A Centennial History of the Forest Service.

About this title

About the Author:

James G. Lewis is a staff historian for the Forest History Society. In addition to having written extensively on forest and conservation history and the Forest Service, he has served as a historical consultant on the documentary film The Greatest Good: A Centennial History of the Forest Service. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forest History Society
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0890300658
• ISBN 13: 9780890300657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290