Research Catalog

Title

The United States forest policy.

Author

Ise, John, 1885-1969.

Publication

New Haven, Yale University Press 1920.

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Details

Additional Authors

William McKean Brown Memorial Publication Fund.

Description

395, [1] pages frontispiece (map) illustrations (maps); 24 cm

Summary

"Published on the foundation established in memory of William McKean Brown." Bibliography: p. [378]-385.

Subject

• Forests and forestry > United States
• Forestry law and legislation > United States
• Forest policy > United States
• Forest policy
• Forestry law and legislation
• Forests and forestry
• FORESTRY
• United States

Note

• "Published on the foundation established in memory of William McKean Brown."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [378]-385.

Contents

Chapter I. Our forests prior to 1878: the period of beginnings -- Chapter II. The period from 1878 to 1891: from the passage of the two timber acts to the Forest Reserve Act: wholesale timber stealing -- Chapter III. The forest reserves from 1891 to 1897: need of protection and administration -- Chapter IV. The forest reserves since 1897: the period of conservation activity -- Chapter V. The forest reserves since 1897 (continued): anti-conservation activity -- Chapter VI. Forest reserves in the Appalachian and White Mountains -- Chapter VII. The unreserved timber land since the passage of the Forest Reserve Act -- Chapter VIII. Hostility to the national forests in recent years: opposition to the general policy of reservation -- Chapter IX. Hostility to the national forests in recent years (continued): criticism of the forest service -- Chapter X. The work of the forest service -- Chapter XI. Results of our forest policy: concentration in the ownership of standing timber -- Chapter XII. Results of our forest policy (continued): conditions in the lumber industry -- Chapter XIII. Conclusion.

LCCN

20008898

OCLC

• ocm00815974
• 815974
• SCSB-207149

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library