United States. Forest Service.

Includes the early days of the conservation movement (1864-1910); the early days of the U.S. Forest Service, when it had to invent the tools and policies needed to manage public lands (1911-1940); around World War II, when the agency shifted from a stewardship role, caring for the land, to the role of production, fulfilling postwar demands (1941-1970) (This was the time when the multiple use concept was put into action, and also the time when conflicts...