Stepping Back to Look Forward: A History of the Massachusetts Forest - Hardcover

 
9780674838307: Stepping Back to Look Forward: A History of the Massachusetts Forest

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Tells the story of the conservation and use of the state's forests over the past 300 years. Traces the development of pre-settlement, colonial, and post-Revolutionary War forest practices, and continues through present times, concluding with recommendations on how history might be used to shape future policy. The importance of private and local leadership is underscored. Economic contributions and educational programs are detailed, as well as the ways the state's leadership has influenced national forestry. Foster is an adjunct research associate and lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Charles H. W. Foster is Adjunct Research Associate and Lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a former Massachusetts Commissioner of Natural Resources, Secretary of Environmental Affairs, and Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

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