America's Conservation Impulse A Century of Saving Trees in the Old Line State (Center Books)

Name: America's Conservation Impulse A Century of Saving Trees in the Old Line State (Center Books)
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ISBN: 9781935195030

ISBN-10: 1935195034

ISBN-13: 9781935195030

Edition: 2010

Authors: Buckley

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In 2006, conservationists everywhere celebrated the 100th anniversary of professional forestry in Maryland, the Old Line State. Under the leadership of Fred Wilson Besley, Maryland's first and the nation's third state forester, scientific forest management and the larger conservation impulse became firmly ensconced. A protégé of America's most famous forester, Gifford Pinchot, Besley moved aggressively to implement pioneering scientific and conservation practices that are commonplace today. Besley helped to stem the tide of forest loss from excessive logging and rampant fire, he started a state forest nursery and launched a program to reforest thousands of acres of "wasteland" along…

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List price: $39.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Center for American Places, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/30/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Introduction: A Case Study for the Nation


Acknowledgments



America's Forest Legacy



Professional Forestry Comes to Maryland, 1906-1923



Managing Baltimore's Urban Forest, 1912-1942



The Dean of State Forestry, 1923-1942



Rebirth and Renewal, 1942-1968



A Rich Inheritance, 1969-2006


Epilogue: On Behalf of the Public Good



Maryland State Forest Lands Acquired as of 17 May 1934



Trees Planted and Removed in Baltimore, 1957-1965


Notes


Photography Credits


Index


About the Author