Title The Jefferson National Forest : an Appalachian Environmental History.

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Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (381 pages)
Contents	Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Territorial Designations; Introduction; 1. Prehistoric Southwestern Virginia; 2. Agricultural Settlers; 3. Turnpikes and Romance in the Mountains; 4. Industrial Logging Discovers Appalachia; 5. JNF and the Rise of National Conservation; 6. The Depression Era; 7. World War II and Postwar Transitions; 8. The Mount Rogers National Recreation Area; 9. From Commodity Interests to Ecological Forestry; 10. Cultural Resources; 11. Sacred Land; 12. Old Commons Meets the New; Epilogue.
	Appendix A: Pioneer Forest: A Case Study in Modern SelectiveForest ManagementAppendix B: Payment in Lieu of Taxes; Appendix C: Miscellaneous Statistics and Recent Budget Data; Notes; Source Materials; Index.
Summary	The highland forests of southwestern Virginia were a sacred land to Native Americans and one they relied upon for sustenance. After European contact, this beautiful country drew successive waves of settlers and visitors, and for a brief yet intense period, industrialists rapaciously exploited its timber resources, particularly in the higher elevations where the woodlands had survived the nearby valleys and rsquo; generations of agricultural use. This is the story of how various peoples have regarded this land over the centuries and how, starting in the early twentieth century, the federal gove.
Note	Print version record.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-343) and index.
Subject	Forest reserves -- Virginia.
	Jefferson National Forest.
	Forest management -- Jefferson National Forest.
	Jefferson National Forest -- History.
	Jefferson National Forest -- Management.
	United States. Forest Service. Southern Region.
	Agriculture.
	Human ecology -- Study and teaching.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
	NATURE -- Natural Resources.
	SCIENCE -- General.
	Forest reserves. (OCoLC)fst00932451
	United States -- Jefferson National Forest. (OCoLC)fst01263154
	Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Sarvis, Will. Jefferson National Forest : An Appalachian Environmental History. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2011 9781572338289
Standard No.	9786613276469
ISBN	9781572338371 (electronic bk.)
	1572338377 (electronic bk.)

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