Jack Ward Thomas

Forks in the Trail

A Conservationist's Trek to the Pinnacles of Natural Resource Leadership

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Produktbeschreibung

From his youth on a hardscrabble Texas farm to a career at the pinnacles of natural resource leadership in Washington, D.C., the life of Jack Ward Thomas is the story of how conservation happened in America during the second-half of the twentieth century. Forks in the Trail is a collection of stories about the experiences that shaped the values, knowledge, skills, and decisions of a field biologist who became chief of the U.S. Forest Service.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boone & Crockett Club
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781940860145
• ISBN-10: 1940860148
• Artikelnr.: 43350959

Autorenporträt

By Jack Ward Thomas - Foreword by Char Miller - Designed by Julie Tripp

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Char Miller ix Preface xii 1. A Foundation is Set: Handley
Texas
1939-1956 3 2. "New" Can Be a Very Scary Thing: Texas Game Department
1957-1966 30 3. A Long Way from Texas: West Virginia and Maine
1966-1973 121 4. A New Paradigm
Ecosystem Management: La Grande
Oregon
1973-1993 152 5. A Chance to Make a Difference: Washington
D.C.
1993-1996 212 6. A Time to Teach and to Reflect: Montana
1997-2005 287 Epilogue 321 Publisher's Notes 323 Author's Acknowledgments 325