Forests for the People: The Story of America's Eastern National Forests Book

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Part I How the Eastern National Forests Were Saved 9

1 The Disappearing Forests of the White Mountains 11

2 Trees to Build the Lake States 31

3 A Forest Crisis in the Southern Appalachians 51

4 Building a Forest Conservation Movement 71

5 Legislation at Last: The Weeks Act 93

6 Creating the Eastern National Forests 117

Part II Issues Facing the Eastern National Forests Today 141

7 Holly Springs National Forest: A Study in Forest Management Reform 145

8 Florida's National Forests: A Revolution in Prescribed Burning 167

9 Monongahela National Forest: Wilderness at Heart 187

10 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: Preservation versus Multiple Use 207

11 Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests: The Return of the Wolf 229

12 Allegheny National Forest: The Challenges of Shale Oil Drilling 249

13 Michigan's National Forests: The Invasion of the Emerald Ash Borer 273

14 National Forests of Vermont and North Carolina: Loving the Forests to Death 293

Conclusion 315

Notes 325

Selected Bibliography 361

About the Authors 379

Index 381