Peeling Back The Bark
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My Favorite Weeks Act Forests
By Guest Contributor on May 31, 2011To help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Weeks Act, we’ve asked Dr. Bob Healy of Duke University’s Nicholas School for the Environment to write a series of blog posts in which he’ll reflect on his classic book, The Lands Nobody Wanted, and the eastern national forests. This is the 3rd in the series. Fifty…
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Parks Canada Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary
By James Lewis on May 19, 2011On this date in 1911, Parks Canada—the world’s first national parks service—was established. The federal government of Canada created the new unit to oversee and administer the country’s forest reserves and a nascent assemblage of western national parks. Today, Parks Canada manages 42 National Parks (including seven National Park Reserves), four National Marine Conservation Areas,…
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How Counting Sheep Saved the U.S. Forest Service
By Guest Contributor on May 3, 2011May 3, 2011, marks the centennial of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Grimaud. We are re-posting Char Miller’s blog entry about this landmark case with some additional documents. It originally appeared on April 27 on his blog at www.KCET.org. You’ve probably never heard of Pierre Grimaud. But when you pay to use…
