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Conservation and Controversy - National Forest Management, 1960–95: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project
From this report:
"In the period 1960 to 1995, policies affecting national forest management generated a variety of directions for the planning, management, conservation, and preservation of national forest lands and resources in the Sierra Nevada. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) forced better disclosure of information utilized by the U.S. Forest Service, enhanced public awareness of management issues, and led to increased public involvement in agency decision making. As a result, efforts to increase timber production in Sierra Nevada national forests met with increased public scrutiny as well as political and legal opposition. The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976 mandated extensive planning to promote effective and efficient conservation of forest resources and to resolve forest management controversies. Demand for increased public timber supplies, however, conflicted with demands for increased recreation and wilderness preservation. Contestation over national forest policies did not begin with NFMA, but the broad scope of land-management planning generated remarkable public attention and controversy. Public opposition to potential impacts on wildlife habitat and other aspects of forest ecosystems and to the increased use of clear-cutting as a timber harvest method led to legal action challenging national forest plans. At present, implementation and interpretation of law and administrative policies have forced the Forest Service to revise forest plans in the Sierra to better incorporate species and habitat requirements as part of its ecosystem-management strategy."
public policy, national forests-policy, national forests-policy (current), national forests-administration, national forests-timber supply, legislative change, Sustained Yield Act of 1960, Wildnerness Act of 1964, National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, Monongahela Litigation, Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning act of 1974, roadless areas, National Forest Managment Act of 1976
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