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Author Pralle, Sarah Beth.

Title Branching out, digging in : environmental advocacy and agenda setting / Sarah Pralle
Published Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations
Series American governance and public policy series
American governance and public policy.
Contents pt. 1. The expansion of conflict in British Columbia forest politics -- pt. 2. The containment of conflict in Northern California
Summary Sarah B. Pralle takes an in-depth look at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or action. Branching Out, Digging In examines the expansion and containment of political conflict around forest policies in the United States and Canada. Late in 1993 citizens from around the world mobilized on behalf of saving old-growth forests in Clayoquot Sound. Yet, at the same time only a very few took note of an even larger reserve of public land at risk in northern California. Both cases, the Clayoquot Sound controversy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Forest policy -- British Columbia -- Clayoquot Sound Region
Forest policy -- California, Northern
Forest management -- British Columbia -- Clayoquot Sound Region
Forest management -- California, Northern
Environmental policy -- British Columbia -- Clayoquot Sound Region
Environmental policy -- California, Northern
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Environmental policy
Forest management
Forest policy
British Columbia -- Clayoquot Sound Region
Northern California
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006006684
ISBN 9781435627505
1435627504
9781589011236
1589011236
9781589012806
1589012801