Forests for the People: The Story of America’s Eastern National Forests

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
The Disappearing Forests of the White Mountains....Pages 11-30
Trees to Build the Lake States....Pages 31-49
A Forest Crisis in the Southern Appalachians....Pages 51-70
Building a Forest Conservation Movement....Pages 71-92
Legislation at Last: The Weeks Act....Pages 93-115
Creating the Eastern National Forests....Pages 117-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-143
Holly Springs National Forest: A Study in Forest Management Reform....Pages 145-166
Florida’s National Forests: A Revolution in Prescribed Burning....Pages 167-186
Monongahela National Forest: Wilderness at Heart....Pages 187-206
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: Preservation versus Multiple Use....Pages 207-227
Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests: The Return of the Wolf....Pages 229-247
Allegheny National Forest: The Challenges of Shale Oil Drilling....Pages 249-272
Michigan’s National Forests: The Invasion of the Emerald Ash Borer....Pages 273-291
National Forests of Vermont and North Carolina: Loving the Forests to Death....Pages 293-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-394