Illuminates the Forest Service and its responsibilites of managing 193 millions acres of public land.
Gerald W. Williams taught for two years at Indiana State University, then one year as recreation research director for the City of Eugene, OR. He started working for the Forest Service in 1979, focusing on social/policy analysis, long-range planning, and social impact analysis/socioeconomic assessment/human dimension at all levels of the agency. Williams retired from the Forest Service in 2005, and is currently living in Portland, OR, where he is a historical researcher, writer, and teacher. He has authored and compiled extensive works regarding the social sciences in the Forest Service. He has written several books, as well as numerous professional reports, papers, and journal articles.
Williams spent 24 years working for the USDA Forest Service at
local and national levels. Here, he offers a history of the
department from its roots in the early 19th century, highlighting
significant legislation, controversies, achievements, and figures
that have lent the organization its current legacy. He also
discusses the structure and function of each branch of the Forest
Service, the department's relationship to other federal agencies,
offers selected biographies of important figures, and concludes
with a chronology of key events. Six appendices contain statistics
on game refuges, timber sales, and national forests; discuss the
histories of American Forest Congresses and Forest Service
memorabilia; and detail major laws affecting the agency. This book
is part of a series on understanding the U.S. government, and will
be of use for research in high school grades and above.
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