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Books (14)
Since the publication of its first book in 1961, FHS has been a leading publisher of books on forest and conservation history, covering topics about North America and the world. -
Documentary Films (9)
New in 2016 is Emmy Award–winning America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment! The Society has also produced films on the history of log moving and fire fighting technologies, and contributed to the production of The Greatest Good: A Forest Service Centennial Film. -
Issues Series (9)
The FHS Issues Series brings a historical context to today's most pressing issues in forestry and natural resource management. These books present a balanced examination of often contentious issues. They are informative and easily accessible to the general reader, land manager, and student alike. -
Non-FHS Books (4)
Select publications produced by entities other than the Society. They are listed here as resources that can add to the understanding and use of forest history. -
U.S. Forest Service History (13)
The U.S. Forest Service has operated for more than 100 years with the express purpose of managing the national forests and grasslands. Much can be learned from the books and other materials FHS has produced about the changing attitudes of the American people toward nature, natural resources, and each other, by examining the history of the USFS.
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Books & Films
The Society’s publications include an amazingly wide variety of materials. The Issues Series provides historical background on topics of current interest. Additional titles explore the fields of forest, conservation, and environmental history around the world. FHS publication efforts are supported by the Lynn W. Day Endowment for Publications in Forest History, a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and other grants and contracts.
