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Tables of Contents for Understanding Forests
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
8
Acknowledgments
xvii
1 The Bounteous Forest
1
18
2 The Forest Resource
19
8
3 Where Have All the Forests Gone?
27
11
4 Conservation Efforts
38
11
5 The U.S. Forest Service
49
18
6 Forestry and Logging Techniques
67
14
7 Of Old Growth, Spotted Owls, and Salvage Logging
81
5
8 Clearcutting
86
13
9 Forests, Money, and Jobs
99
6
10 Sustainable Forestry
105
18
11 Restoration Forestry
123
5
12 Tropical Forests and International Forestry Issues
128
15
13 Saving Forests
143
16
14 How to Plant Trees
159
9
Appendix A Environmental Organizations
168
4
Appendix B Glossary
172
6
Recommended Reading
178
6
Index
184
5
About the Author
189