2002, ISBN: 9781609380229

Devoted conservationist, environmentalist, and explorer Robert Marshall (1901-1939) was chief of the Division of Recreation and Lands, U.S. Forest Service, when he died at age thirty-eigh… More...

Devoted conservationist, environmentalist, and explorer Robert Marshall (1901-1939) was chief of the Division of Recreation and Lands, U.S. Forest Service, when he died at age thirty-eight. Throughout his short but intense life, Marshall helped catalyze the preservation of millions of wilderness acres in all parts of the U.S., inspired countless wilderness advocates, and was a pioneer in the modern environmental movement: he and seven fellow conservationists founded the Wilderness Society in 1935. First published in 1933, The People´s Forests made a passionate case for the public ownership and management of the nation´s forests in the face of generations of devastating practices; its republication now is especially timely.Marshall describes the major values of forests as sources of raw materials, as essential resources for the conservation of soil and water, and as a "e;precious environment for recreation"e; and for "e;the happiness of millions of human beings."e; He considers the pros and cons of private and public ownership, deciding that public ownership and large-scale public acquisition are vital in order to save the nation´s forests, and sets out ways to intelligently plan for and manage public ownership.The last words of this book capture Marshall´s philosophy perfectly: "e;The time has come when we must discard the unsocial view that our woods are the lumbermen´s and substitute the broader ideal that every acre of woodland in the country is rightly a part of the people´s forests."e; Devoted conservationist, environmentalist, and explorer Robert Marshall (1901-1939) was chief of the Division of Recreation and Lands, U.S. Forest Service, when he died at age thirty-eight. Throughout his short but intense life, Marshall helped catalyze the preservation of millions of wilderness acres in all parts of the U.S., inspired countless wilderness advocates, and was a pioneer in the modern environmental movement: he and seven fellow conservationists founded the Wilderness Society in eBook PDF 02.06.2002 eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks, University of Iowa Press, .200<

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2002, ISBN: 9781609380229

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2002, ISBN: 9781609380229

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