Library Record
Metadata
Title |
Green Power: The Story of Public Law 273 |
Catalog Number |
2021.075.002 |
Object Name |
Book |
Summary |
Green Power: The Story of Public Law 273 >> James Stevens in the introduction tells of his uncle's encounter with a Forest Ranger and how a ranger in 1905 presuaded his to recognize the new USE Book of the National Forest Reserves was law on Uncle Sam's timberland. The author worked for the Forest Service >> Public Law 273 or the Sustained Yield Forest Management Act of 1944 was an experiment in forest management. The aimed to conserve resources in the traditional sense, but it was also intended to stabilize forest industries and dependent communities by combining federal and private lands into cooperative management units from which would flow continuous supplies of timber. The act was implemented with the Shelton Cooperative Sustained-Yield Unit, a product of nearly three years of careful negotiation between the Forest Service and the Simpson Logging Company of Shelton, Washington (Olympic National Forest). The Act was the brainchild of David T. Mason and Senator Charles L. McNary. >> Chapter on the Clarke-McNary Law of 1924 - cooperative work with State Forestry Agencies |
Author |
Stevens, James |
Published Date |
1958 |
Physical Description |
Papercover: 6.75" X 9.5", 95 Pages |
People |
Mason, David T. McNary, Charles L. Stevens, James |
Subjects |
Public Law 273 Olympic NF Timber Management Clarke-McNary Law of 1924 |
Search Terms |
Congress Timber Management |
Publisher |
Superior Publishing Company |
Catalog date |
2021-11-16 |
Collection |
Butler, S. Duane |
Number of images |
0 |