First published in 2000 by Resources for the Future, Inc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Marion Clawson and America's forests : a lifetime of commitment / Roger A. Sedjo -- 2. What now? From a former chief of the forest service / Jack Ward Thomas -- 3. The next decade of the forest service : does the past hold the key to the future? / Christopher A. Wood -- 4. Rethinking scientific management : brand-new alternatives for a century-old agency / Robert H. Nelson -- 5. Forestry in the new millennium : creating a vision that fits / Clark S. Binkley -- 6. State trust lands management : a promising new application for the forest service? / Sally K. Fairfax -- 7. Predicting the future by understanding the past : a historian considers the forest service / Paul W. Hirt -- 8. Does the forest service have a future? A thought-provoking view / Roger A. Sedjo -- 9. The more things change. : the challenge continues / V. Alaric Sample -- 10. Changing course : conservation and controversy in the national forests of the Sierra Nevada / Lawrence Ruth