Title Breaking new ground / Gifford Pinchot ; introductory essay by Char Miller and V. Alaric Sample

Edition Commemorative edition Published Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1998] ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 522 pages) : illustrations Contents Through Yale to Nancy -- At the French Forest School -- The Brandis excursion -- When I got home -- The job ahead -- A tenderfoot goes West -- Forestry comes to America -- In the Carolina Mountains -- Pisgah forest -- Consulting forester -- Ne-ha-sa-ne -- The public lands -- Early forest legislation -- Toward a forest commission -- The forest commission is born -- A great chance lost -- Hunting forest reserves -- The commission goes West -- Cleveland's thirteen reserves -- The war is on -- Laying the foundation -- Too late and too little -- Confidential forest agent -- The old forestry division -- Freshman year -- A bid to the lumbermen -- Building a profession -- First congressional appropriation -- Politics in the woods -- The Black Hills -- Not all sheep are black -- New York's problem child -- T.R.'s first message -- One plan that failed -- The fight continues -- Uncle Sam: Forester -- Russia -- Siberia-Manchuria-China -- The Philippines -- On the way home -- Full steam ahead -- Government reorganization -- The public lands commission -- The race for new reserves -- At last the transfer -- Unlocking the reserves -- Peace on the range -- Timber for use -- Forest fire control -- Field organization -- What made the service click -- No red tape -- Seven years and after -- Government business -- Holding the line -- A new science: forestry -- Life in Washington -- The birth of conservation -- Inland waterways -- Water power control begins -- Calling all farmers -- The conference of governors -- The National Conservation Commission -- North American Conservation Conference -- World Conservation Conference -- Desertion under fire -- The last days -- T.R.'s service to America -- The public good comes first -- And then came Taft -- Commissioner Ballinger -- Attorney Ballinger -- Secretary Ballinger -- The rift -- After Spokane -- The clean bill of health -- Salt Lake -- The coming storm -- The storm breaks -- The Dolliver letter -- Fired! -- The morning after -- The work goes on -- The joint committee -- The counsel -- The hearings -- The Lawler memorandum -- Three verdicts -- Porto Maurizio -- What it all means Summary Vigorous, colorful, bold and highly personal, Breaking New Ground is the autobiography of Gifford Pinchot, founder and first chief of the Forest Service. He tells a fascinating tale of his efforts, under President Theodore Roosevelt, to wrest the forests from economic special interests and to bring them under management for multiple- and long-range use. His philosophy of'the greatest good for the greatest number over the longest time'has become the foundation upon which this country's conservation policy is based. In a new introduction for this special commemorative edition, Char Miller of Trinity University and V. Alaric Sample of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation trace the evolution of Gifford Pinchot's career in the context of his personal life and the social and environmental issues of his time. They illuminate the courage and vision of the man whose leadership is central to the development of the profession of forestry in the United States. Breaking New Ground is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the basis of our present national forest policy, and the origins of the conservation movement Notes Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace, and Co., 1947. With new introduction Includes index Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2024. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946. SUBJECT Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 fast Subject Politicians -- United States -- Biography Conservationists -- United States -- Biography Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Conservation of natural resources Conservationists Politicians Practice Guideline. United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. autobiographies (literary works) Form Electronic book Author Miller, Char, 1951- writer of supplementary textual content. Sample, V. Alaric, writer of supplementary textual content. ISBN 9781610912556 1610912551

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