Forests for Whom and for What?

'Professional foresters and other natural resource specialists will find this book to be a valuable reference... The student will find [it] to be interesting, understandable, and challenging. Professors will find that the text provides numerous forest policy examples for discussion.' Journal of Environmental Quality

• Chapter 1 Why Concern Ourselves with Forest Policy?; Chapter 2 Pressing Issues of Forest Policy; Chapter 3 A Framework of Analysis for Forest Policy; Chapter 4 Forest Characteristics and Forest Uses; Chapter 5 Variability Among Forests; Chapter 6 Physical and Biological Feasibility and Consequences; Chapter 7 Economic Efficiency in Forestry; Chapter 8 Who Gains and Who Pays?; Chapter 9 Social or Cultural Acceptability of Forest Uses; Chapter 10 Operational or Administrative Practicality of Forest Policy; Chapter 11 Forest Policy Formation in the United States; Chapter 12 One Man's Conclusions on Forest Policy Issues;