Forest Outings By Thirty Foresters

COVER

THE AUTHORS

A FOREWORD BY SECRETARY WALLACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Chapter One. YOUR FOREST LAND

The national forests
Immense and various
Some of the crops
Other forest values
Now consider wildlife
The main idea
For purposes of simple pleasure
New woods and ways

Chapter Two. AMERICANS NEED OUTINGS

When this land was new
The scorn of ease
On thinned soil, healing
Work—and escape
The great outing
"I want out!"
Rest and change
Refuge
Objectives

Chapter Three. GUESTS OF THE FORESTS

Each year they come
Young couple from Spokane
Family and fisherman
A single lady taking notes
Anaconda
The western Colorado mountains
Most campgrounds
Others

Chapter Four. A BRIEF HISTORY

To seek lone places
Brigham Young's picnic
Scattered beginnings
Town, county, and city forests
State parks
State forests
Differences

Chapter Five. THE WILD

Wilderness trips
"Primitive America"
Zones of wilderness
Off the trail
Up from Wind River

Chapter Six. CAMPS

By a clear far creek
Hunting camp
Dolly Copp Forest Camp
Three parties
Summer homes
Seeley Lake
Developments
The rush outdoors
Questions
It is planning in part

Chapter Seven. WINTER SPORTS

A world-wide drive
For sheer sport
Uphill
Facilities
Downhill trails
Warming shelters
Jumps and tows
Life and limb

Chapter Eight. TIMBER AND RECREATION

Our country needs timber
North, South, East, and West
Priorities
Sustained yield

Chapter Nine. HERDS AND HUMANS

Grass-made meat
Grazing and recreation
Tamed vs. Wildlife

Chapter Ten. FIRE

An uneasy feeling
To burn cover is to burn game
Bad luck
Certain idiosyncrasies
Reviewing the record
"We must educate"

Chapter Eleven. WATER

"To rule the mountain"
Clean water
Sludge and poison
Water for pleasure
To guard the crests
Fire, then flood

Chapter Twelve. GAME

Zoo without cages
Decline and restoration
Refuges
Principles of management
A migrant yield
A conflict of interests

Chapter Thirteen. MINERS

Unforeseen conflicts
Primitive miners
The law of May 10, 1872
Fraudulent claims
Side shows
The present statutes

Chapter Fourteen. NEW LAND: ALASKA

The priceless primitive
Fish and game
Pleasure grounds
Forest planning
Tourists

Chapter Fifteen. OLD LAND: PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico
Ponce de Leon
The land
Fiestas
The public forests
The La Mina Recreational Area
Future use

Chapter Sixteen. WAYS AND MEANS

Paying guests
The recreation business
The ill-to-do
Acquisition
Organization camps

Chapter Seventeen. SPACE, SUN, AND AIR

"The expectation"
Reappraisal
Reporters'
Human conservation
Research
The healing forest
Trees to the people

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX

Basic principles
What to do when lost
Map
National-forest areas
Census of big game
Number of fires
Impediments for the ill-to-do

Index (omitted from the online edition)