Böcker av Samuel Hays

The year 2005 marked the centennial of the founding of the United States Forest Service (USFS). This title uses this occasion to present a cogent history of the role of American society in shaping the policies and actions of this agency.

An overview of contemporary environmental affairs, from 1940s to the present-with an emphasis on nature in an urbanized society, land developments, environmental technology, the structure of environmental politics, environmental opposition, and the results of environmental policy.

Written in the 1950s, Hays' work provides a history of the conservation movement's origins and provides a context for contemporary environmental problems and possible solutions. It shows how conservation came about as a an attempt by scientists to apply their skills to the use of natural resources.