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The U S Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest
Author | : Gerald W. Williams |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : PSU:000064177397 |
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The Northwest has been at the forefront of forest management and research in the United States for more than one hundred years. In The U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest, Gerald Williams provides an historical overview of the part the Forest Service has played in managing the Northwest's forests. Emphasizing changes in management policy over the years, Williams discusses the establishment of the national forests in Oregon and Washington, grazing on public land, the Great Depression, World War II, and the rise of multiple-use management policies. He draws on extensive documentation of the post-war development boom to explore its effects on forests and Forest Service workers. Discussing such controversial issues as roadless areas and wilderness designation; timber harvesting; forest planning; ecosystems; and spotted owls, Williams demonstrates the impact of 1970s environmental laws on national forest management. The book is rich in photographs, many drawn from the Gerald W. Williams Collection, housed in University Archives at Oregon State University Libraries. Extensive appendices provide detailed data about Pacific Northwest forests. Chronicling a century of the agency's management of almost 25 million acres of national forests and grasslands for the people of the United States, The U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest is a welcome and overdue resource.
Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States
Author | : Therese M. Poland,Toral Patel-Weynand,Deborah M. Finch,Chelcy Ford Miniat,Deborah C. Hayes,Vanessa M. Lopez |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 455 |
Release | : 2021-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030453671 |
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This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the ecology, impacts, and practical tools for management of invasive species. It covers species of all taxonomic groups from insects and pathogens, to plants, vertebrates, and aquatic organisms that impact a diversity of habitats in forests, rangelands and grasslands of the United States. It is well-illustrated, provides summaries of the most important invasive species and issues impacting all regions of the country, and includes a comprehensive primary reference list for each topic. This scientific synthesis provides the cultural, economic, scientific and social context for addressing environmental challenges posed by invasive species and will be a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers, natural resource managers and practitioners.
The U S Forest Service
Author | : Harold K. Steen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295983736 |
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The U.S. Forest Service celebrates its centennial in 2005. With a new preface by the author, this edition of Harold K. Steen’s classic history (originally published in 1976) provides a broad perspective on the Service’s administrative and policy controversies and successes. Steen updates the book with discussions of a number of recent concerns, among them the spotted owl issue; wilderness and roadless areas; new research on habitat, biodiversity, and fire prevention; below-cost timber sales; and workplace diversity in a male-oriented field.
The USDA Forest Service
Author | : Gerald W. Williams |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Forest policy |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D00791080V |
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Carbon Storage and Accumulation in United States Forest Ecosystems
Author | : Richard A. Birdsey |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Atmospheric carbon dioxide |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02988385M |
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Reinvention of the Forest Service
Author | : United States. Forest Service |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Forest policy |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D012149875 |
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A Burning Issue
Author | : Robert Henry Nelson |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0847697355 |
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Created in the early 20th century to provide scientific management of the nation's forests, the U.S. Forest Service was, for many years, regarded as a model agency in the federal government. The author contends that this reputation is undeserved and the Forest Service's performance today is unacceptable. Not only has scientific management proven impossible in practice, it is also objectionable in principle. Furthermore, the author argues that the Forest Service lacks a coherent vision and prefers to sponsor only fashionable environmental solutions--most recently ecosystem management. Describing its history and failures, the author advocates replacing the service with a decentralized system to manage the protection of national forests.
Fire Ecology and Management Past Present and Future of US Forested Ecosystems
Author | : Cathryn H. Greenberg,Beverly Collins |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030732677 |
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This edited volume presents original scientific research and knowledge synthesis covering the past, present, and potential future fire ecology of major US forest types, with implications for forest management in a changing climate. The editors and authors highlight broad patterns among ecoregions and forest types, as well as detailed information for individual ecoregions, for fire frequencies and severities, fire effects on tree mortality and regeneration, and levels of fire-dependency by plant and animal communities. The foreword addresses emerging ecological and fire management challenges for forests, in relation to sustainable development goals as highlighted in recent government reports. An introductory chapter highlights patterns of variation in frequencies, severities, scales, and spatial patterns of fire across ecoregions and among forested ecosystems across the US in relation to climate, fuels, topography and soils, ignition sources (lightning or anthropogenic), and vegetation. Separate chapters by respected experts delve into the fire ecology of major forest types within US ecoregions, with a focus on the level of plant and animal fire-dependency, and the role of fire in maintaining forest composition and structure. The regional chapters also include discussion of historic natural (lightning-ignited) and anthropogenic (Native American; settlers) fire regimes, current fire regimes as influenced by recent decades of fire suppression and land use history, and fire management in relation to ecosystem integrity and restoration, wildfire threat, and climate change. The summary chapter combines the major points of each chapter, in a synthesis of US-wide fire ecology and forest management into the future. This book provides current, organized, readily accessible information for the conservation community, land managers, scientists, students and educators, and others interested in how fire behavior and effects on structure and composition differ among ecoregions and forest types, and what that means for forest management today and in the future.