Forest under siege : the story of old growth after Gifford Pinchot /

"The first chief of the United States Forest Service marveled at the Cascades' ancient forests, but by 1990, relentless logging left a mere thirteen percent of the Pacific Northwest's original old growth. Focusing primarily on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, an environmental acti...

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Main Author: Schenck, Rand, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pullman, Washington : Basalt Books, [2024]
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Summary:"The first chief of the United States Forest Service marveled at the Cascades' ancient forests, but by 1990, relentless logging left a mere thirteen percent of the Pacific Northwest's original old growth. Focusing primarily on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, an environmental activist examines one hundred years of Pacific Northwest forestry-revealing just how close the region's ancient forests came to extinction-and offering his perspective on the decades of stewardship, the period of unabated harvest, and efforts toward old growth rebirth"--
Physical Description:viii, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781638640257
1638640254