Public lands - from concept to practice

Abstract

Intensive timber management can and is practiced on National Forest lands in the Northeast. There are, however many constraints and limitations which are placed upon the public lands manager. The key issue here is that the National Forests are PUBLIC lands which must be managed for the public.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the symposium on intensive culture of northern forest types

Citation

Vrablec, John J. 1977. Public lands - from concept to practice. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-29. Upper Darby, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 77-81