Forest Conservation Policy: A Reference Handbook / Edition 1

by V. Alaric Sample, Antony S. Cheng

Overview

A one-of-a-kind introduction to the major issues and controversies dominating the heated debate over U.S. forest policy today.

Forest Conservation Policy: A Reference Handbook chronicles the dramatic history, current status, and global influence of U.S. forest policy. Beginning with the foundations of early forest law during the colonial period through the rise of the Conservation Movement in the wake of 19th century massive forest exploitation, this reference also discusses the environmental challenges that have rewritten recent U.S. forest policy and explores future policy directions.

What are the effects of forest destruction on biological diversity? Has the sustainable forest management movement been effective? Given the fact that individual landowners control the greatest share of U.S. forestland, how are forests on private lands regulated? Students and concerned citizens alike will discover answers to these and other critical questions regarding what is left of the nation's dwindling forests.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576079911
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/08/2003
Series:	Contemporary World Issues
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

V. Alaric Sample is president of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation in Washington, D.C.

Antony S. Cheng is assistant professor of forestry and natural resource policy in the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xiii
1	The Conservation Movement and the Roots of U.S. Forest Policy	1
	Forest Policy in an Era of Environmental Awareness	1
	Historical Roots	4
	Early Forest Laws	5
	Forest Exploitation and Disposal of the Public Domain	6
	Forest Reserves and the Awakening of a Conservation Ethic	8
	Forest Management Policies in the National Forests	11
	From Custodial Management to Intensive Use	11
	Multiple-Use Forestry	12
	Wilderness	14
	The Clearcutting Controversy	15
	Establishing Sustainable Forest Management on Private Lands	16
	Evolution of the Forest Products Industry	17
	Improving Management of Private Forests	18
	Conclusion	20
	References	22
2	Current Issues in U.S. Forest Policy	23
	Sustainable Forest Management	24
	Background	25
	Recent Policy Developments	27
	Conclusion	32
	Conserving Biological Diversity	33
	Background	33
	Recent Policy Developments	35
	Conclusion	40
	Wilderness and Roadless Areas	41
	Background	41
	Recent Policy Developments	44
	Conclusion	45
	Forest Health	47
	Background	47
	Recent Policy Developments	50
	Conclusion	52
	Community Forestry	53
	Background	54
	Basic Elements of Community Forestry	56
	Recent Policy Developments	58
	Conclusion	61
	Forestry Regulation on Private Lands	62
	Background	62
	First Generation: 1920-1950	62
	Second Generation: 1970-1983	65
	Third Generation: 1984-1995	70
	Conclusion	73
	Forest Land Conservation	74
	Conservation of Public Forest Lands	75
	Conservation of Corporate Forest Lands	77
	Conservation of Family Forest Lands	79
	Forest Management Certification	82
	Background	83
	Recent Policy Developments	86
	Forests and Water	89
	Background	89
	Recent Policy Developments	91
	Conclusion	93
	Forests and Atmospheric Carbon	94
	Background	94
	Recent Policy Developments	97
	Conclusion	100
	Forest Biotechnology	101
	Background	101
	Recent Policy Developments	103
	Conclusion	104
	Emerging Issues and Future Policy Directions	106
	Wood Supply in the Global Context	106
	Forest Management as a Plus in Biodiversity Conservation	108
	Putting U.S. Forest Policy in the Global Context	109
	References	110
3	Chronology	117
4	Personalities	131
	Bolle, Arnold (1912-1993)	131
	Church, Frank (1924-1984)	131
	Dana, Samuel Trask (1883-1978)	132
	Dwyer, William (1929-2002)	132
	Fernow, Bernhard (1851-1923)	132
	Franklin, Jerry (1936- )	133
	Gordon, John (1939- )	133
	Graves, Henry (1871-1951)	133
	Hough, Franklin (1822-1885)	134
	Humphrey, Hubert (1911-1978)	134
	Ickes, Harold (1874-1952)	134
	Johnson, K. Norman (1942- )	135
	Leopold, Aldo (1886-1948)	135
	Marsh, George Perkins (1801-1882)	135
	Marshall, Robert (1901-1939)	136
	Mather, Stephen (1867-1930)	136
	McGuire, John (1916-2002)	136
	Muir, John (1838-1914)	136
	Murie, Olaus (1889-1963)	137
	Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822-1903)	137
	Pack, Charles Lathrop (1857-1937)	137
	Peterson, Max (1927- )	137
	Pinchot, Gifford (1865-1946)	138
	Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902)	138
	Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)	139
	Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927)	139
	Schenck, Carl (1868-1955)	139
	Thomas, Jack Ward (1934- )	139
	Udall, Morris (1922-1988)	140
	Weyerhaeuser, Frederick (1834-1912)	140
	Weyerhaeuser, Frederick E. (1872-1945)	140
	Zahniser, Howard (1906-1964)	141
	Zon, Raphael (1887-1957)	141
5	Forest Facts and Data	143
	Forest Ecoregions in the United States	144
	Forest Area, Production, and Trade Information	145
	Ownership of U.S. Forests	146
	Federal Public Forest System	147
	The National Forest System	148
	Bureau of Land Management	151
	National Park System	153
	The National Wilderness Preservation System	153
	State and County Forest Lands	153
	Private Forest Lands	154
	Forest Industry	154
	Timber Investment Management Organizations	155
	Nonindustrial Private Forests	155
	Tribal Forests	157
	Conditions and Trends in U.S. Forests	158
	The Montreal Process	161
	Criterion 1 through 6	162
	Criterion 7	168
	Forest Certification Principles and Standards	171
	SmartWood	171
	Scientific Certification Systems	173
	The Sustainable Forestry Initiative	175
	American Tree Farm System Standards	176
	References	179
6	Directory of U.S. Forestry Organizations	183
	Federal and International Government Organizations	183
	State Organizations	190
	Nongovernment Conservation Organizations	197
	Society of American Foresters Accredited Forestry Schools	220
	Forest Products Companies	227
	Forestry Trade Associations	229
	Forestry Professional Associations	232
	Other Forestry-Related Associations	234
7	Print Resources	239
	General Forestry and Forest Conservation Books and Reports	240
	U.S. Forest Policy Books and Reports	243
	U.S. Forest History	248
	International Forestry and Forest Conservation	250
	Scientific Journals	252
8	Nonprint Resources	265
	Information Clearinghouses on the Web	265
	Online Reports, Maps, and Information	267
	Videos	270
	Nonprint Resources from Various States	273
	Glossary	277
	Index	293
	About the Authors	321

Editorial Reviews

This book is a reference handbook to those conservation policies and the contemporary issues that affect America's forests . . . It is very efficiently designed in a modular form. Current issues sections, for example, all start with a few paragraphs of background, then recent policy developments, and then conclusions, with numerous references available at the end. This book is the clearly written, balanced, useful reference the authors and publishers claim it to be. It is recommended for all libraries, especially for those holding the Contemporary World Issues series, of which this is a part.” —American Reference Books Annual

“More than a study of forest conservation policy in the US, this volume in ABC-CLIO's Contemporary World Issues series is excellent and authoritative. . . . Sample and Cheng's handbook is well organized and fact filled.” —Choice

“[E]xcellent and authoritative . . . clear, unbiased coverage of everything from the history of forest conservation to current issues . . . Highly recommended. All colleges and university libraries.” —Choice

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