The Greatest Good: 100 Years Of Forestry In America - Hardcover

Char Miller; Rebecca Staebler

9780939970896: The Greatest Good: 100 Years Of Forestry In America

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0939970899 ISBN 13: 9780939970896

Publisher: Society of American Foresters., 2004

The Greatest Good is a compelling photographic history of forestry in the United States. This new edition, which inaugurates the centennial year of the USDA Forest Service, celebrates 100 years of professional forestry in America.

Chapter One reveals how crucial wood was to the livelihood of nineteenth-century Americans, and chronicles the advent of the belief that forestry was the key to producing timber without destroying the forests. Chapter Two explores the growth of the profession, including the creation of the Forest Service, and identifies the controversies that often erupted over new practices and controls. Chapter Three highlights the intensified demand for wood for housing after World War II and the subsequent emergence of environmental consciousness that brought new challenges to the profession. Finally, Chapter Four examines the birth of sustainable forestry and documents how the scientific and technological advances of the past 25 years have enabled foresters to extend the nation s wood supply and restore the land.

Through photograph and word, The Greatest Good illustrates the many contributions that foresters and forestry have made to our society.

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About the Author:

Char Miller is professor of history at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. A Senior Fellow at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, he is the author of the award-winning Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism and Deep in the Heart of San Antonio: Land and Life in South Texas, and editor of The Atlas of US and Canadian Environmental History.

Rebecca Staebler is the former editorial director for the Society of American Foresters. The family of publications under her direction included the Journal of Forestry, the premier scholarly publication covering the ongoing evolution of the profession. She recently returned to the Pacific Nortwest where she continues to marvel at the enduring strength and beauty of our nation's forests.

The Society of American Foresters is the national scientific and educational organization representing some 17,000 forestry professionals. Members work in a variety of settings including federal, state, and local government; academia; private industry; associations; and private consulting. The Society offers educational programming, works on forest policy issues, and produces a variety of publications and outread materials.

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