The Future of the Northern Forest - Softcover

American Forests" "A truly effective 'environmental impact assessment' [that] . . . demonstrate[s] effectively that a scholarly book on a controversial issue need be neither pedantic nor academic . . . a truly interdisciplinary and interesting study of a major region of the nation . . . [and] a model for integrated case studies of other regions experiencing natural resource controversy and change."-- "American Forests" "A comprehensive exploration of the definition, concept, current state, and future of 'wilderness' in the northeastern United States, interpreted by a diverse group of land conservationists . . . Offers perspectives on historical land use, explores the consequences of past and present land management, furnishes a design for future wildland protection in the northeast, and provides examples of how local communities and economies have prospered, while at the same time embracing a land steward ethic . . . Well-researched and very readable."-- "Northeastern Naturalist" "Draws together authoritative essays and arguments from a variety of academics and environmental and political activists . . . Covering everything from natural history to local economic impacts, the book is . . . clearly essential to an informed understanding of the resource at risk and the choices ahead."-- "Wilderness" "A fascinating and often detailed picture of the many political, economic, environmental, and ethical factors that will determine the fate of the largest U.S. forest ecosystem near major population centers . . . Given the wealth, influence, and environmental leadership of the U.S., this story has global significance."-- "Choice" A fascinating and often detailed picture of the many political, economic, environmental, and ethical factors that will determine the fate of the largest U.S. forest ecosystem near major population centers . . . Given the wealth, influence, and environmental leadership of the U.S., this story has global significance. Choice" A truly effective environmental impact assessment [that] . . . demonstrate[s] effectively that a scholarly book on a controversial issue need be neither pedantic nor academic . . . a truly interdisciplinary and interesting study of a major region of the nation . . . [and] a model for integrated case studies of other regions experiencing natural resource controversy and change. American Forests" A comprehensive exploration of the definition, concept, current state, and future of wilderness in the northeastern United States, interpreted by a diverse group of land conservationists . . . Offers perspectives on historical land use, explores the consequences of past and present land management, furnishes a design for future wildland protection in the northeast, and provides examples of how local communities and economies have prospered, while at the same time embracing a land steward ethic . . . Well-researched and very readable. Northeastern Naturalist" Draws together authoritative essays and arguments from a variety of academics and environmental and political activists . . . Covering everything from natural history to local economic impacts, the book is . . . clearly essential to an informed understanding of the resource at risk and the choices ahead. Wilderness"

A timely collection presenting the diverse voices involved in the debate over the fate of the Northern forestlands.