In this Book
- The Bitterroot and Mr. Brandborg: Clearcutting and the Struggle for Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rockies
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Utah Press
Winner of the Wallace Stegner Prize in American Environmental or Western History
Fredrick Swanson tells the story of Guy M. Brandborg and his impact on the practices of the U.S. Forest Service. As supervisor of Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest from 1935 to 1955, Brandborg engaged in a management style that promoted not only the well-being of the forest community but also the social and economic welfare of the local people. By relying on selective cutting, his goal was to protect the watersheds and wildlife habitats that are devastated by clear-cutting, and to prevent the job losses that follow such practices. Following his retirement, he became concerned that his agency was deviating from the practice of sustained-yield management of the forest’s timber lands, and led a highly visible public outcry that became known as the Bitterroot controversy. Brandborg’s behind-the-scenes lobbying contributed materially to the passage of the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the single most important law affecting public forestry since the creation of the Forest Service.
Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction-Contemporary.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-7
- 2. Pinchot’s Corps, 1881–1924
- pp. 20-30
- 4. Protection Forest, 1935–1939
- pp. 40-49
- 5. Forests for the People, 1937–1941
- pp. 50-61
- 6. To Manage and Conserve, 1941–1954
- pp. 62-75
- 7. Timber Boom, 1941–1955
- pp. 76-88
- 8. The Life of the Community, 1943–1952
- pp. 89-102
- 9. Holding the Line, 1948–1958
- pp. 103-113
- 10. Redeeming the Forest, 1955–1962
- pp. 114-126
- 11. Staking Out the Selway, 1939–1967
- pp. 127-138
- 12. A Fighting Democratic Faith, 1964–1969
- pp. 139-153
- 13. Collision Course, 1965–1969
- pp. 154-167
- 14. Engineering the Resistance, 1969–1970
- pp. 168-182
- 15. Under the Microscope, 1970
- pp. 183-197
- 16. A Function of the University, 1971
- pp. 198-210
- 17. Forestry on Trial, 1970–1971
- pp. 211-222
- 18. Reporters to the Scene, 1971–1973
- pp. 223-237
- 19. Maneuvers and Negotiations, 1971–1974
- pp. 238-252
- 20. Charting a Workable Future, 1971–1976
- pp. 253-267
- 21. Legacy of a Conflict, 1976–2006
- pp. 268-282
- Bibliography
- pp. 333-342
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