U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands
A History
The early luxury of free forage on unclaimed western public domain allowed the building of fortunes in cattle and sheep and offered opportunities to successive waves of settlement. But the western public lands could not last. The range became overgrazed, overstocked, overcrowded. Animals were lost, much range was irreversible damaged, and even violence occurred as cowmen, sheepmen, and settlers competed for the best forage. Congress intervened by designating the U.S. Forest Service as the pioneer grazing control agency. The Forest Service's controls represent not only attempts to protect a resource but also a social experiment designed to pre…
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Weitere Autoren: Melosi, Martin V. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-58544-083-2
- EAN: 9781585440832
- Produktnummer: 1477382
- Verlag: Texas A&M University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1985
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.7 cm 464 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 464
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