Author : Robert Henry Nelson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0847697355
A Burning Issue by Robert Henry Nelson Pdf
Created in the early 20th century to provide scientific management of the nation's forests, the U.S. Forest Service was, for many years, regarded as a model agency in the federal government. The author contends that this reputation is undeserved and the Forest Service's performance today is unacceptable. Not only has scientific management proven impossible in practice, it is also objectionable in principle. Furthermore, the author argues that the Forest Service lacks a coherent vision and prefers to sponsor only fashionable environmental solutions--most recently ecosystem management. Describing its history and failures, the author advocates replacing the service with a decentralized system to manage the protection of national forests.