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Article: The great experiment that failed? Evaluating the role of a "committee of scientists" as a tool for managing and protecting our public lands.
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- Environmental Law
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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One thing is certain: forestry officials will never again practice their profession without public involvement and support. If they fail to recognize the need for public acceptance of all they do on both public and private lands, they will I continue to wear a black hat, a far cry from a half century ago. (1)
William E. Towell Retired forester and former head of the American Forestry Association
Perhaps part of forestry's fundamental failing of the last three decades has been to remain too enamored of a scientific/rational view of forestry at the expense of a social/political perspective. (2)
Steven E. Daniels Assistant Professor of forest ...