Toward a Natural Forest: The Forest Service in Transition (a Memoir)

by Jim Furnish

Jim Furnish joined the U.S. Forest Service in 1965, enthusiastic and naive, proud to be part of such a storied and accomplished agency. Nothing could have prepared him for the crisis that would soon rock the agency to its foundation, as a burgeoning environmental movement challenged the Forest Service's legacy and legitimacy.

The Forest Service stumbled in responding to a wave of lawsuits from environmental groups in the late 20th Century--a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870718134
• ISBN13: 9780870718137
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"