Description |
1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) |
Contents |
Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART 1: FORESTS, FORESTRY, AND FORESTERS -- Government Forestry Abroad -- Th e Forests of Ne- Ha- Sa- Ne Park in Northern New York -- A Plan to Save the Forests -- In the Philippine Forests -- Dear Forester -- The Proposed Eastern Forest Reserves -- Speech to the Denver Public Lands Convention -- The ABC of Conservation -- Mr. Pinchot on Forest Fires -- Roosevelt's Part in Forestry -- National or State Control of Forest Devastation -- A Letter to Foresters -- Old Evils in New Clothes -- PART 2: WAR AND PEACE -- Declaration of Principles: North American Conservation Conference -- England in War -- Preparedness and Common Sense -- An Agricultural Policy for the United States in War Time -- A Forest Devastation Warning -- Conservation as a Foundation for Permanent Peace -- PART 3: GOVERNING THE KEYSTONE STATE -- The Reclamation of Pennsylvania's Desert -- The Influence of Women in Politics -- Inaugural Address -- The Blazed Trail of Forest Depletion -- Why I Believe in Enforcing the Prohibition Laws -- Old Age Assistance in Pennsylvania: Righting the Neglects of Yesterday -- Politicians or the People? -- Inaugural Address -- The Case for Federal Relief -- Lifting the Farmers Out of the Mud -- Liquor Control in the United States: The State Store Plan -- The Pennsylvania State Forests -- PART 4 : WATER, ENERGY, AND POWER -- What Shall We Do with the Coal in Alaska? -- Testimony on the Hetch Hetchy Dam to the House Committee on Public Lands -- Muscle Shoals -- Giant Power -- Prevention First -- The Power Monopoly: Its Make- Up and Its Menace -- The Long Struggle for Effective Federal Water Power Legislation -- PART 5 : NATURAL ENGAGEMENTS -- One Afternoon at Pelican Bay -- Swordfishing -- South Seas Reflections -- Two's Company -- Time Like an Ever Rolling Stream -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
Summary |
"Collection of essays by Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946), founding chief of the U.S. Forest Service and twice governor of Pennsylvania. The social, political, and scientific insights in these essays anticipate many contemporary environmental-policy dilemmas and the growing demand for environmental justice"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Forests and forestry.
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GARDENING -- Fruit.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Forests and forestry
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099538
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Subject |
Pennsylvania
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Genre/Form |
essays.
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Essays
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Essays.
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Essais.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Miller, Char, 1951- editor.
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ISBN |
9780271079868 |
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027107986X |
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