Forest under siege the story of old growth after Gifford Pinchot
"The first chief of the United States Forest Service marveled at the Cascades' ancient forests, but by 1990, relentless logging left a mere thirteen percent of the Pacific Northwest's original old growth. Focusing primarily on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, an environmental acti...
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Pullman, Washington
Basalt Books
[2024]
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The first chief of the United States Forest Service marveled at the Cascades' ancient forests, but by 1990, relentless logging left a mere thirteen percent of the Pacific Northwest's original old growth. Focusing primarily on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, an environmental activist examines one hundred years of Pacific Northwest forestry-revealing just how close the region's ancient forests came to extinction-and offering his perspective on the decades of stewardship, the period of unabated harvest, and efforts toward old growth rebirth"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | viii, 248 pages illustrations (some color) 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781638640257 1638640254 |