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Timber Management Opportunities in Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry H. Webster
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428788582
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book Timber Management Opportunities in Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) written by Henry H. Webster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Timber Management Opportunities in Pennsylvania HE Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters serves the people in managing state forest lands and in helping private owners manage their forest lands. To produce more timber from Pennsylvania forests, the Department ap plies many different forestry practices. But the more effort it spends in one direction, the less it can spend in others. So the Department must make choices, seeking the directions by which it can gain the greatest possible increase in tim ber values for the money it spends. To help the Department find the most profitable di rections, we made a study to analyze some of the timber management opportunities that the Department has. This is a report on that study. Although the study was directed at timber production, timber is not necessarily the only value to be gained from Pennsylvania's forests. Recreational values are also im portant, and they could be improved for the benefit of the people of the state. 'water values are likewise important, and they too could be improved. But in the study we were concerned with producing more and better timber. Commercial forests occupy 15 million acres in Penn sylvania-53 percent of the state's land area. They supply more than three-fourths of the timber processed by timber based industries in the state. These forest industries em ploy nearly workers, pay wages and salaries totaling $250 million annually, and.by manufacture add values total ing $425 million each year (ferguson, Impressive as these figures are, an expanded volume of timber available for use would mean even greater benefits for Pennsylvanians, and these benefits would be for all Pennsylvanians-even those many people who have no direct connection with the forests. More timber means more wood products for consumers-more lumber, more paper, more build ing board, and more paper containers, to name just a few. Also, more timber would increase the income received by those who make a living processing these products. And it would increase the incomes of those who sell timber from their woods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

White Pine Under Forest Management (Classic Reprint)

Author : Earl Hazeltine Frothingham
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266850113
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book White Pine Under Forest Management (Classic Reprint) written by Earl Hazeltine Frothingham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from White Pine Under Forest Management States, New York, Pennsylvania, the Lake States, and southern Quebec and Ontario south of the Height of Land. In New England white pine seldom formed solid bodies of large extent, but usually grew mixed with spruce and other conifers and hardwoods. In several places, however, large pure stands of white pine were found. Great pine forests stretched along the valleys of the Connecticut and Merrimac Rivers and grew along the shores of Lake Champlain in western Vermont. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910-11 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Pennsylvania Department of Forestry
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266840916
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910-11 (Classic Reprint) written by Pennsylvania Department of Forestry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910-11 The city of San Diego in California, however, is wiser than the Pennsylvania cities, and has lately set aside as a municipal forest an area of nearly acres of land in a compact body, lying adjacent to the city, and which it proposes to use for the purpose of tree grow ing on those parts unsuited for the raising of any other crop, and for agricultural purposes all those portions which may be used for agriculture. It is the intention to improve the entire tract, and this is being done at the rate of about 250 acres per year. Young forest trees are being planted, and it is hoped that ultimately at least acres of the land will be put into permanent forest. The remaining acres will be devoted to agricultural purposes under the direction and management of the city. Here also is a new thought for a city to lease land to its citizens for agriculture. It is further the purpose of San Diego to establish a forest tree nursery at some suitable place on this tract for the growing of seed ling trees to sell to farmers and land owners throughout southern California for the establishment of woodlots. The aim is to grow a million seeding trees each year. It is further the plan of Mr. Watson, the forester in charge, to bring seeds from various parts of the United States and probably foreign countries, and test out their growth in California, thus learning their comparative value for use as new species of trees in growing California's future forests. Principally at this time they are concerning themselves with the eucalyptus, but other species will be needed for the more elevated and colder portions of the tract. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Profession of Forestry (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry S. Graves
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266367840
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book The Profession of Forestry (Classic Reprint) written by Henry S. Graves and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Profession of Forestry During the last decade forestry in the United States has developed with remarkable rapidity. The inauguration of forest management on the National Forests, the activity of various States in public for estry, and the increasing interest of private owners in timber growing and protection have resulted in a marked demand for trained foresters. When active work in forestry first began there were no forest schools in the country, and those entering upon the work were obliged to go to Europe for technical training. In anticipation of the need for foresters, and in order to aid in the development of for estry, several progressive institutions established schools of forestry even before the demand for any considerable number of men was definitely assured. The first professional school was established at Cornell University in 1898. This was followed in 1900 by the Yale Forest School. Private instruction in forestry was given at Biltmore, North Carolina, by Doctor Schenck in connection with his work on the Vanderbilt estate as early as 1897, and a school for rangers was started by the State of Pennsylvania at Mont Alto, Pennsylvania, in 1903. Since that time instruction in forestry has been introduced in a large num ber of institutions. To-day there are 22 institutions which give courses leading to a degree in forestry, and about 40 others which include forestry in their curricula. It is estimated that there are fully 500 men in the United States with a greater or less degree of technical training, in addition to forest rangers who began without a knowledge of the technical side of forestry, but many of whom through their experience in National and State forest work under technical direction have acquired considerable knowledge of certain phases of the subject. There are probably about young men studying in the forest schools. Forestry may therefore be considered an established profession in the United States. Hundreds of young men are considering it as a life vocation, and are eager to be informed regarding the character of work involved, the elements necessary for success, the requirements for an adequate training, the present and probable future opportuni ties for work, and its possibilities as a means of livelihood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies, Proceedings for Integrated Pest Management Colloquium

Author : Robert D. Gale
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781390431292
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies, Proceedings for Integrated Pest Management Colloquium written by Robert D. Gale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies, Proceedings for Integrated Pest Management Colloquium: October 17-18, 1978, Grey Towers, Milford, Pennsylvania This colloquium marks the beginning of an extensive evaluation of Forest Service pest management activities. The colloquium focused on the state of the art and issues in integrated forest pest management. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Here's the 1940 Agricultural Conservation Program for Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint)

Author : Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396829291
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Here's the 1940 Agricultural Conservation Program for Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) written by Agricultural Adjustment Administration and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Here's the 1940 Agricultural Conservation Program for Pennsylvania Each farm will have a reforestation allowance of $30 in addition to the soil building allowance. Payment will be allowed for the plant ing of transplanted forest trees (except sugar maples) at the rate of at least 1 000 trees per acre The planting of 1x, acres of seedlings at the rate of at least trees per acre is equivalent to planting 1 acre of transplants. The planting of 2 acres of sugar maple trees at the rate 'of at least 500 trees per acre is equivalent to planting 1 acre of transplants. Shrubs helpful to wildlife may be included in the planting. Areas planted must be given reasonable protection against fire and damage by livestock-grazing and must be cultivated in accordance with good tree culture and wildlife-management practice. Payment for more than one area, if smaller than 1 acre, will be allowed if the total of all such areas on the farm is equal to at least one-half acre. The following-varieties of forest trees are recommended for plant ing: Japanese larch, pitch pine, Norway spruce, black locust, red pine, white spruce, red oak, White pine, Scotch pine, black walnut, Banks pine, and sugar maple. Payment may be made for planting other varieties if the county committee, on the advice of the State Extension Forester, approves the selection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Primary Wood Products Output in Ohio, 1966 (Classic Reprint)

Author : James T. Bones
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483539129
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Primary Wood Products Output in Ohio, 1966 (Classic Reprint) written by James T. Bones and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Primary Wood Products Output in Ohio, 1966 James T. Bones, research forester, received his bachelor's degree in soil conservation from Utah State University in 1952 and his master's degree in forest management from the same university in 1956. He worked in Forest Survey at the Pacific Northwest Station and the Institute of Northern Forestry before transferring to the Northeastern Forest Ex periment Station in March 1968. He is now stationed in Upper Darby, Pa., where he is working in the timber removals phase of Forest Survey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cornell University, Vol. 4

Author :
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528462167
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Cornell University, Vol. 4 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cornell University, Vol. 4: Progress of Forest Management in the Adirondacks; New York State College of Forestry Annual Report of the Director, 1900 During the year the first graduate of this College - the first graduate from any professional forestry school on this continent - has gone out and found ready employment with the New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission. In addition, four special students, graduates of other colleges, who had spent one year in pursuing forestry courses. Left the College, three of whom found employment with the Federal Forestry Division and one with a lumberman's firm. One most promising student in the freshman year was accidentally drowned during the summer, another was prevented from returning by business considerations, so that, at the beginning of the term, only ten of the seventeen students regularly inscribed during the previous college year returned. 4 This number has been increased to date by new registrations to twenty-five, as follows: Of these, fifteen, coming from the State of New York, receive their tuition free of charge the tuition fees of seven in freshman and sophomore courses, and post graduates taking forestry as a minor their instruction being mainly furnished by the University - goes to the University Treasurer, and the fees of three in the junior and senior years of the College. Maine, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, California and Russia are represented besides New York. Two of the post graduates are taking forestry as their minor subject for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy the third, holds this degree from Johns Hopkins University. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pennsylvania Land Records

Author : Donna Bingham Munger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461665965
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Pennsylvania Land Records written by Donna Bingham Munger and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1993-09-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvania Land Records an indispensable aid. The land records of Pennsylvania are among the most complete in the nation, beginning in the 1680s. Pennsylvania Land Records not only catalogs, cross-references, and tells how to use the countless documents in the archive, but also takes readers through a concise history of settlement in the state. The guide explains how to use the many types of records, such as rent-rolls, ledgers of the receiver general's office, mortgage certificates, proof of settlement statements, and reports of the sale of town lots. In addition, the volume includes: cross-references to microfilm copies; maps of settlement; illustrations of typical documents; a glossary of technical terms; and numerous bibliographies on related topics.

Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era Conservation Movement

Author : Susan Rimby
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027105624X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era Conservation Movement written by Susan Rimby and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the life of Mira Lloyd Dock, a Pennsylvania conservationist and Progressive Era reformer. Explores a broad range of Dock's work, including forestry, municipal improvement, public health, and woman suffrage"--

Democracy and Education

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Education written by John Dewey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1916 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.

National Forest Management

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book National Forest Management written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers

Author : Ronald E. Ostman
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027108460X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers written by Ronald E. Ostman and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers, Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell draw on the stunning documentary photography of William T. Clarke to tell the story of Pennsylvania’s lumber heyday, a time when loggers serving the needs of a rapidly growing and globalizing country forever altered the dense forests of the state’s northern tier. Discovered in a shed in upstate New York and a barn in Pennsylvania after decades of obscurity, Clarke’s photographs offer an unprecedented view of the logging, lumbering, and wood industries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They show the great forests in the process of coming down and the trains that hauled away the felled trees and trimmed logs. And they show the workers—cruisers, jobbers, skidders, teamsters, carpenters, swampers, wood hicks, and bark peelers—their camps and workplaces, their families, their communities. The work was demanding and dangerous; the work sites and housing were unsanitary and unsavory. The changes the newly industrialized logging business wrought were immensely important to the nation’s growth at the same time that they were fantastically—and tragically—transformative of the landscape. An extraordinary look at a little-known photographer’s work and the people and industry he documented, this book reveals, in sharp detail, the history of the third phase of lumber in America.

Forest Management and Planning

Author : Pete Bettinger
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 012809706X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Forest Management and Planning written by Pete Bettinger and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest Management and Planning, Second Edition, addresses contemporary forest management planning issues, providing a concise, focused resource for those in forest management. The book is intermixed with chapters that concentrate on quantitative subjects, such as economics and linear programming, and qualitative chapters that provide discussions of important aspects of natural resource management, such as sustainability. Expanded coverage includes a case study of a closed canopy, uneven-aged forest, new forest plans from South America and Oceania, and a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation. - Helps students and early career forest managers understand the problems facing professionals in the field today - Designed to support land managers as they make complex decisions on the ecological, economic, and social impacts of forest and natural resources - Presents updated, real-life examples that are illustrated both mathematically and graphically - Includes a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation - Incorporates the newest research and forest certification standards - Offers access to a companion website with updated solutions, geographic databases, and illustrations

The Agony of an American Wilderness

Author : Samuel A. MacDonald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742569683
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book The Agony of an American Wilderness written by Samuel A. MacDonald and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005-02-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allegheny National Forest exists on what might have been the most heavily exploited landscape in the history of civilization. Careful stewardship over the last eight decades has transformed it into a beautiful forest that contains countless wildlife species and some of the world's most valuable timber. Local communities are steeped in pride for having written that unprecedented environmental success story. Unfortunately, the Allegheny is now the focus of a caustic new timber war that will ultimately test the limits of American environmentalism. No longer satisfied with protecting the pristine old growth that captured the national imagination in the early 1990s, activists have embarked on campaign to put an end to the Allegheny timber program. Litigation and protests have shaken the region for a decade. More recently, it has become a hotbed of eco-terrorism. But restoring the Allegheny to something activists accept will be far more difficult, expensive, and explosive than setting aside a few million acres for the northern spotted owl. This book examines the communities caught in the middle of that political crossfire and forces Americans to decide if they are ready to accept the new activist agenda: In their own words, 'If we can stop logging on the Allegheny, we can stop it everywhere.'

The Forest Ranger

Author : Herbert Kaufman
Publisher : Resources for the Future
ISBN 13 : 0801803284
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Forest Ranger written by Herbert Kaufman and published by Resources for the Future. This book was released on 1967 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic. The Forest Ranger has been essential reading for generations of professionals and scholars in forestry, public administration, and organizational behavior who are interested in the administration of public lands and how the top managers of a large, dispersed organization with multiple objectives like the Forest Service shape the behavior of its field officers into a coherent, unified program. Published as a special reprint in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Forest Service, The Forest Ranger is as relevant and timely today as when it was first issued in 1960. In addition to the original text, this special reprint of The Forest Ranger includes two new forewords and an afterword that highlight how much we have learned from Herbert Kaufman. The first foreword, by Harold K. (Pete) Steen, former president of the Forest History Society, considers the book's impact on the forestry community and explains its continued relevance in light of changes in the culture and mission of today's Forest Service. The second, by Richard P. Nathan, codirector of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, considers the book's contribution to our understanding of administrative and organizational behavior. The new afterword by author Herbert Kaufman describes how his landmark study came into being and offers a candid assessment of how his theories about the agency's operations and its future have held up over time. In 1960, the Forest Service had a well-deserved reputation for excellence, and The Forest Ranger was a seminal analysis of the hows and whys of its success. Kaufmanalso warned, however, that an organization so unified and well adapted to its environment would have difficulties navigating social change. He was right in his concerns: the environmental, civil rights, and women's movements have all presented challenges to the character and purpose of the Forest Service, ultimately changing the organization in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Now, as then, The Forest Ranger is a striking and prescient case study of how a complex organization operates and evolves over time.

Nature Next Door

Author : Ellen Stroud
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295804459
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Nature Next Door written by Ellen Stroud and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The once denuded northeastern United States is now a region of trees. Nature Next Door argues that the growth of cities, the construction of parks, the transformation of farming, the boom in tourism, and changes in the timber industry have together brought about a return of northeastern forests. Although historians and historical actors alike have seen urban and rural areas as distinct, they are in fact intertwined, and the dichotomies of farm and forest, agriculture and industry, and nature and culture break down when the focus is on the history of Northeastern woods. Cities, trees, mills, rivers, houses, and farms are all part of a single transformed regional landscape. In an examination of the cities and forests of the northeastern United States-with particular attention to the woods of Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Vermont-Ellen Stroud shows how urbanization processes there fostered a period of recovery for forests, with cities not merely consumers of nature but creators as well. Interactions between city and hinterland in the twentieth century Northeast created a new wildness of metropolitan nature: a reforested landscape intricately entangled with the region's cities and towns.