Anatomy of a conflict : identity, knowledge, and emotion in old-growth forests / Terre Satterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Satterfield, Terre, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Old growth forests--Oregon.

Old growth forests.

Old growth forest conservation--Oregon.

Old growth forest conservation.

Old growth forest ecology--Oregon.

Old growth forest ecology.

Logging--Oregon.

Logging.

Environmentalists--Oregon--Attitudes.

Environmentalists.

Loggers--Oregon--Attitudes.

Loggers.

Oregon.

Physical Description:

x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press ; East Lansing : Michigan State University, [2002]

Summary:

Anatomy of a Conflict explores the cultural aspects of the fierce dispute between activist loggers and environmentalists over the fate of Oregon's temperate rain forest. Centered on the practice of old-growth logging and the survival of the northern spotted owl, the conflict has led to the torching of ranger stations, the spiking of trees, logging truck blockades, and countless demonstrations and arrests. Satterfield shows how the debate about the forest is, at its core, a debate about the cultural make-up of the Pacific Northwest. To talk about forests is to talk about culture, whether the discussion is about scientific explanations of conifer forests, activists' grassroots status and their emotional attachment to land, or the implications of past people's land use for future forest management.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-189) and index.

ISBN:

0774808926

0774808934

0870136550

OCLC:

49512038