More tree talk : the people, politics, and economics of timber

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raphael, Ray, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Economic aspects--Northwest, Pacific.

Forests and forestry.

Forest management--Social aspects--Northwest, Pacific.

Forest management.

Forests and forestry--Northwest, Pacific.

Forest ecology--Northwest, Pacific.

Forest ecology.

Forest policy--Northwest, Pacific.

Forest policy.

Timber--Northwest, Pacific.

Timber.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Island Press 1994

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More Tree Talk is an insightful and compelling look at the human dimension of the challenges facing forestry. First published in 1981, Tree Talk was widely hailed as the most even-handed and well-written introduction to forestry issues available. More Tree Talk is an entirely revised edition of that classic volume that brings the book up-to-date with the current situation. Like the original, More Tree Talk features a running narrative punctuated by individual portraits that personalize the issues. It translates political and academic aspects of forestry into human terms, focusing on those whose lives and livelihoods depend on the outcome of the debates currently raging -- old-time woodsmen, loggers, naturalists, restoration workers, timber company executives. Ray Raphael explores the new forestry practices, theories, and controversies that have emerged in the past decade as he addresses problems of a declining resource base and increasing regulatory policies. He examines the impact of ecological and economic concerns on rural communities, and considers the possibility of large structural changes in the ways in which timber companies operate. Throughout, he emphasizes that without an understanding of the economic and political factors that interfere with good forest management, all the scientific knowledge -- and all the best intentions of on-site workers -- will come to no avail.

Contents:

Intro

About Island Press

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I - VOICES IN THE FOREST

1 - TREE MINING The Voice of History

Lumberjack and Saw Filer

High-Climber, Donkey Puncher, and Timber Faller

2 - TREE FARMING The Voice of Industry

Executive Vice-President, Industrial Forestry Association

Manager of Forestry Research, Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Timber Owner

3 - TREE SAVING The Voice of Ecology

Forester for the Sierra Club

Hunter and Lumberjack

Past President and Habitat Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations

PART II - HANDS IN THE FOREST

4 - HOLISTIC FORESTRY

Holistic Forester

Member of Great Notions, a Reforestation Cooperative

Wild Iris Forestry

5 - SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Lumberman, Big Creek Lumber Company

Natural Selection Ecoforester

6 - HARVEST TECHNOLOGY

Catskinner

Horse Loggers

Cable Loggers

PART III - MONEY IN THE FOREST

7 - INDUSTRIAL OWNERSHIP Time Is Money

Attorney for Former Pacific Lumber Shareholders

Investment Broker

8 - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP The Workings of Bureaucracy

Reforestation Worker

Timber Planner, Willamette National Forest

District Ranger

9 - PRIVATE OWNERSHIP Freedom and Constraint

Rancher and Logger

Nonindustrial Timberland Owner

Former Chairman, California. Board of Forestry,

PART IV - PEOPLE IN THE FOREST

10 - COMMUNITY INSTABILITY Jobs, Owls, and Machines

Former Sawyer

Former Logger

11 - PEOPLE AND THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM Looking to the Future

Joseph Bower, Environmental Activist

Logger, Mill Worker, Restoration Worker

Erosion Control Coordinator, Plumas Corporation

Professor Emeritus, Humboldt State University

Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

Notes

Glossary

Index.

ISLAND PRESS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781610912884

1610912888

OCLC:

1244626252