The Jefferson National Forest : an Appalachian environmental history / Will Sarvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarvis, Will, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management--Jefferson National Forest.

Forest management.

Jefferson National Forest--History.

Jefferson National Forest.

Jefferson National Forest--Management.

United States. Forest Service. Southern Region.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The highland forests of southwestern Virginia were a sacred land to Native Americans and one they relied upon for sustenance. After European contact, this beautiful country drew successive waves of settlers and visitors, and for a brief yet intense period, industrialists rapaciously exploited its timber resources, particularly in the higher elevations where the woodlands had survived the nearby valleys' generations of agricultural use. This is the story of how various peoples have regarded this land over the centuries and how, starting in the early twentieth century, the federal go

Contents:

Prehistoric southwestern Virginia

Agricultural settlers

Turnpikes and romance in the mountains

Industrial logging discovers Appalachia

JNF and the rise of national conservation

The Depression era

World War II and postwar transitions

The Mount Rogers National Recreation Area

From commodity interests to ecological forestry

Cultural resources

Sacred land

Old commons meets the new

Epilogue

Appendix A: Pioneer Forest : a case study in modern selective forest management

Appendix B: Payment in lieu of taxes

Appendix C: Miscellaneous statistics and recent budget data.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613276469

9781283276467

1283276461

9781572338371

1572338377

OCLC:

757260985