A Legislative Examination of the New Perspectives Program

Abstract

'We need a fundamental reform in managing all of the resources associated with-the lands of the National Forest system ... The days have ended when the forest may be viewed as timber. The soil and the water, the grasses and the shrubs, the fish and the wildlife, and the beauty that is the forest must become integral parts of the resource manager's thinking and action' (Humphrey in Greiman 1990). This call for change and plea for policy revision within the U.S. Forest Service could easily describe the difficulty facing the agency in the 1990s. Ironically, it is a passage taken from Senator Hubert Humphrey's initial speech to Congress in l976 as he introduced the National Forest Management Act. The problem today is a familiar one for the Forest Service-- public discontent with land management policies. In an attempt to confront public dissatisfaction, the Forest Service has devised a program called New Perspectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA283177

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  • Laura Smith

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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