Across the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare. Fires, insect epidemics, and disease now threaten millions of acres of once-bountiful forests. Yet no one can agree what went wrong. Was it too much management--or not enough--that forced the forests of the inland West to the verge of collapse? Is the solution more logging, or no logging at all? In this gripping work of scientific and historical detection, Nancy Langston unravels the disturbing history of what went wrong ...
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Across the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare. Fires, insect epidemics, and disease now threaten millions of acres of once-bountiful forests. Yet no one can agree what went wrong. Was it too much management--or not enough--that forced the forests of the inland West to the verge of collapse? Is the solution more logging, or no logging at all? In this gripping work of scientific and historical detection, Nancy Langston unravels the disturbing history of what went wrong with the western forests, despite the best intentions of those involved. Focusing on the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington, she explores how the complex landscapes that so impressed settlers in the nineteenth century became an ecological disaster in the late twentieth. Federal foresters, intent on using their scientific training to stop exploitation and waste, suppressed light fires in the ponderosa pinelands. Hoping to save the forests, they could not foresee that their policies would instead destroy what they loved. When light fires were kept out, a series of ecological changes began. Firs grew thickly in forests once dominated by ponderosa pines, and when droughts hit, those firs succumbed to insects, diseases, and eventually catastrophic fires. Nancy Langston combines remarkable skills as both scientist and writer of history to tell this story. Her ability to understand and bring to life the complex biological processes of the forest is matched by her grasp of the human forces at work--from Indians, white settlers, missionaries, fur trappers, cattle ranchers, sheep herders, and railroad builders to timber industry and federal forestry managers. The book will be of interest to a wide audience of environmentalists, historians, ecologists, foresters, ranchers, and loggers--and all people who want to understand the changing lands of the West.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Across the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare. Fires, insect epidemics, and disease now threaten millions of acres of once-bountiful forests. Yet no one can agree what went wrong. Was it too much management-or not enough-that forced the forests of the inland West to the verge of collapse? Is the solution more logging, or no logging at all? In this gripping work of scientific and historical detection, Nancy Langston unravels the disturbing history of what went wrong with the western forests, despite the best intentions of those involved. Focusing on the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington, she explores how the complex landscapes that so impressed settlers in the nineteenth century became an ecological disaster in the late twentieth. Federal foresters, intent on using their scientific training to stop exploitation and waste, suppressed light fires in the ponderosa pinelands. Hoping to save the forests, they could not foresee that their policies would instead destroy what they loved. When light fires were kept out, a series of ecological changes began. Firs grew thickly in forests once dominated by ponderosa pines, and when droughts hit, those firs succumbed to insects, diseases, and eventually catastrophic fires. Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares manages to merge an intellectual history of forestry, the story of a particular place, social history, and vivid personal stories into a gripping whole. It combines careful scholarship, sharp analysis, and a real passion for a place and all that lives in and upon it.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. 24 plates of photographic b/w illustrations. Former owner's signature on endpaper and on the flyleaf, and slight rubbing to spine heel, else Fine. Binding of black full cloth, silver titles, is very clean and unmarked, square, tight & solid. Forest green endpapers. Pages spotless, no creases. A book of fundamental importance to both western and environmental history. Across the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare--fires, insect epidemics, and disease now threaten mi, ions of acres of once healthy forests. Was it too much management-or not enough-that forced the forest os the inland West to verge on collapse? Is the solution more logging, or no logging at all? In this scientific and historical work, Nancy Langston unravels the disturbing history of what went wrong with the western forests, despite the best intentions of t hose involved. She focuses on the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. 368 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Publisher: Seattle, WA and London, UK. University of Washington Press. 1995.
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