Forest Outings
By Thirty Foresters
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER
THE AUTHORS
A FOREWORD BY SECRETARY WALLACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Part One EYE TO THE SKY, FOOT TO EARTH
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
Workâand 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
Part Two KINDS OF OUTINGS
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
Part Three KEEPING THINGS NATURAL
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
Part Four WHAT REMAINS?
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)
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Last Updated: 24-Feb-2009
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