A Primer of Forestry Part II Practical Forestry

by Gifford Pinchot

THE PRACTICE OF FORESTRY.
THE SERVICE OF THE FOREST.
Next to the earth itself the forest is the most useful servant of man. Not only does it sustain and regulate the Streams, moderate the winds, and beautify the land, but it also supplies wood, the most widely used of all materials. Its uses are numberless, and the demands which are made upon it by mankind are numberless also. It is essential to the well-being of mankind that these demands should be met. They must be met steadily, fully, and at the right time if the forest is to give its best service. The object of practical forestry is precisely to make the forest render its best service to man in such a way as to increase rather than to diminish its usefulness in the future. Forest management and conservative lumbering are other names for practical forestry. Under whatever name it may be known, practical forestry means both the use and the preservation of the forest.

Genres: History

93 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1905

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[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again, basic facts of forestry when National Forests were young.