Boggy Slough : A Forest, a Family, and a Foundation for Land Conservation / Jonathan K. Gerland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerland, Jonathan K., 1967- author.

Series:

Myrna and David K. Langford books on working lands.

Myrna and David K. Langford Books on Working Lands Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources conservation areas--Texas.

Natural resources conservation areas.

Natural history--Texas--Boggy Slough Conservation Area.

Natural history.

Boggy Slough Conservation Area (Tex.)--History.

Boggy Slough Conservation Area (Tex.).

Boggy Slough Conservation Area (Tex.)--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Jonathan K. Gerland, [2022]

Summary:

"Boggy Slough Conservation Area is a 19,000-acre unbroken tract of pine and bottomland hardwood forest situated in East Texas' Trinity and Houston counties. More than twenty miles of the Neches River, one of the last free-flowing rivers in the state, serves as the eastern boundary, and for more than a century the land has been one of the state's leading game and industrial forest management areas. A unique blend of natural, cultural, and business history, Boggy Slough presents a highly illustrated narrative of the land, people, and evolving purpose, from time of European contact to the present. Gerland traces the many phases of land use in this forest as it transitioned from hunting, gathering, fishing, and subsistence farming to an experimental mix of stock raising and large-scale commercial forestry, eventually becoming important conservation land along the Neches River Corridor. Gerland explores the natural features and adaptive land use practices of the region as well as the environmental history of railroads and logging camps, barbed wire fences and company cattle ranches, and exclusive hunting clubs. The underlying story is the evolution and environmental impact of Southern Pine Lumber Company, founded in 1893 by T. L. L. Temple. Now owned and maintained by the fifth generation of the Temple family, the Boggy Slough lands are the last remnants of what was once a 1.2 million-acre forest empire. Gerland examines the family's and the lumber company's struggles to grow and manage a second-, third-, and fourth-generation forest, ultimately achieving sustainability while managing changing environmental concerns and attitudes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A story of the land

A land of provision

A land of production

T.L.L. Temple and the humble beginnings of a legacy

A Land of industry: railroads, logging, and land acquisition

The land fenced: ranching, tenant farming, and the birth of forestry

The fenced land: game and wildlife management

The land for sale: the Great Depression and difficult decisions

Whose land Is It? Personality factors in shaping Boggy Slough

The ranch becomes Boggy Slough

Conservation land

Appendix. An ecological analysis from Boggy Slough Conservation Area's original Texas land surveys.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Gerland, Jonathan K. Boggy Slough

ISBN:

9781623499969

OCLC:

1284920995