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Author Swanson, Frederick H. (Frederick Harold), 1952-

Title The Bitterroot and Mr. Brandborg : clearcutting and the struggle for sustainable forestry in the northern Rockies / Frederick H. Swanson
Published Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
Contents Introduction: Took Creek Saddle, southwestern Montana, August 1971 -- The forests of the Bitterroot: 1878-1930 -- Pinchot's corps: 1881-1924 -- From the Snake to the Selway: 1924-1935 -- Protection forest: 1935-1939 -- Forests for the people: 1937-1941 -- To manage and conserve: 1941-1954 -- Timber boom: 1941-1955 -- The life of the community: 1943-1952 -- Holding the Line: 1948-1958 -- Redeeming the forest: 1955-1962 -- Staking Out the Selway: 1939-1967 -- A Fighting Democratic Faith: 1964-1969 -- Collision course: 1965-1969 -- Engineering the Resistance: 1969-1970 -- Under the microscope: 1970 -- A Function of the University: 1971 -- Forestry on Trial: 1970-1971 -- Reporters to the scene: 1971-1973 -- Maneuvers and negotiations: 1971-1974 -- Charting a Workable Future: 1971-1976 -- Legacy of a Conflict: 1976-2006
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342)
Notes English
Winner of the 2010 Wallace Stegner Prize in Environmental or American Western history
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Subject Brandborg, G. M. (Guy Mathew), 1893-1977.
SUBJECT Brandborg, G. M. (Guy Mathew), 1893-1977 fast
Subject Bitterroot National Forest (Agency : U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Biography
SUBJECT Bitterroot National Forest (Agency : U.S.) fast
Subject Forest conservation -- Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century
Clearcutting -- Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century
Sustainable forestry -- Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography
Environmental protection -- Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry.
Clearcutting
Conservationists
Ecology
Employees
Environmental protection
Forest conservation
Sustainable forestry
SUBJECT Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century
Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho) -- Environmental conditions
Subject United States
United States -- Bitterroot National Forest
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781607819905
1607819902