Forests for the People: The Story of America's Eastern National Forests

395 Pages·2013·12.21 MB·English

by  Christopher Johnson

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Forests for the People
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Forests for
the People
The STory of AmericA’S
eASTern nATionAl foreSTS
ChristoPher Johnson
DaviD Govatski
Washington Covelo London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Johnson, Christopher, 1947 September 13–
Forests for the people : the story of America’s eastern national forests /
Christopher Johnson, David Govatski.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-009-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-61091-009-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-010-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-61091-010-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Forest reserves—East (U.S.)—
History—20th century. 2. Forest conservation—East (U.S.) I. Govatski,
David, 1949– II. Title.
SD428.A2E27 2012
333.75’110974—dc23 2012030240
Printed on recycled, acid-free paper
Manufactured in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Keywords: Island Press, Allegheny National Forest, Appalachian, Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Clarke-McNary Act, conservation, eastern
national forests, endangered species, forest, forest fire, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Gifford Pinchot, Green Mountains, Green Mountain National Forest,
Hiawatha National Forest, Huron-Manistee National Forests, hydraulic
fracturing, Holly Springs National Forest, invasive species, John Weeks,
Lake States, Monongahela National Forest, New Deal, Ottawa National
Forest, Pisgah, prescribed burn, stream flow, timber, timber famine, U.S.
Forest Service, Weeks Act, White Mountains, wilderness, Wilderness Act
of 1964, wolf
To our wives, Kathi and Barbara;
to Chris’s parents, Charles and Jacqueline;
and to the forest champions who made
the eastern national forests possible
and care for the forests today

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
PArT i how the eastern national Forests Were saved 9
1 The Disappearing Forests of the White Mountains 11
2 Trees to Build the Lake States 31
3 A Forest Crisis in the Southern Appalachians 51
4 Building a Forest Conservation Movement 71
5 Legislation at Last: The Weeks Act 93
6 Creating the Eastern National Forests 117
PArT ii issues Facing the eastern national Forests today 141
7 Holly Springs National Forest: A Study in Forest
Management Reform 145
8 Florida’s National Forests: A Revolution in
Prescribed Burning 167
9 Monongahela National Forest: Wilderness at Heart 187
10 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: Preservation
versus Multiple Use 207
11 Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests: The Return of
the Wolf 229
12 Allegheny National Forest: The Challenges of Shale Oil
Drilling 249
13 Michigan’s National Forests: The Invasion of the Emerald
Ash Borer 273
14 National Forests of Vermont and North Carolina: Loving
the Forests to Death 293
Conclusion 315
Notes 325
Selected Bibliography 361
About the Authors 379
Index 381