The People's Forests (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780877458050)

Devoted conservationist, environmentalist, and explorer Robert Marshall (1901-1939) was chief of the Division of Recreation and Lands, U.S. Forest Service, when he died at age thirty-eight. Throughout his short but intense life. Marshall helped catalyze the preservation of millions of wilderness acres in all parts of the U.S., inspired countless wilderness advocates, and was a pioneer in the modern environmental movement: he and seven fellow conservationists founded the Wilderness Society in 1935. First published in 1933, The People's Forests made a passionate case for the public ownership and management of the nation's forests in the face of generations of devastating practices; its republication now is especially timely. Marshall describes the major values of forests as sources of raw materials, as essential resources for the conservation of soil and water, and as a precious environment for recreation and for the happiness of millions of human beings. He considers the pros and cons of private and public ownership, deciding that public ownership and large-scale public acquisition are vital in order to save the nation's forests, and sets out ways to intelligently plan for and m

Author: Robert Marshall
ISBN-10: 0877458057
ISBN-13: 9780877458050
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2002
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.00w x 0.78d