The Agency by Frank Rose

The Agency by Frank Rose

Established in 1905, The Forest Service is steeped in history, conflict, strong personalities (including Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot), and the challenges of managing 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands. This unique federal agency is one that combines forest management with wildlife, fish, recreation, mining, grazing, and hundreds of other uses. It operates in the midst of controversy and change. The original intent was to protect the public forests, protect the water supplies, and, when appropriate, provide timber. Much has changed over the last 100 years including many new laws, but the fact that these lands are still fought over today shows the foresight of politicians, foresters, scientists, and communities. This work brings to light the many and varied activities of the agency that many people know little about in a world that is constantly changing.

Written by a former Forest Service national historian, topics discussed in the work include wilderness and the Wilderness Act of 1964, recreation battles and interagency rivalry with the National Park Service, timber management including clearcutting, ecosystem management, roadless area and controversies over RARE and RARE I studies, fish and wildlife management including endangered species before and after the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and mining and the General Mining Act of 1872. It also discusses the future challenges: forest fires, water protection and restoration, recreation, involving the public, and fish and wildlife.

Frank Rose is currently writing a book about the future of narrative in the Internet age and posting on the subject at his Deep Media blog. He has been a contributing editor at Wired since 1999, writing about such topics as the Year Zero alternate reality game, Sony's gamble on the PlayStation 3, and the rise of Philip K. Dick in Hollywood. After the initial publication of West of Eden in 1989, he worked as a contributing writer at Premiere and wrote The Agency: William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business, about the long rise and near-collapse of the oldest and for many years most powerful talent agency in Hollywood. He has also been a contributing writer at Fortune, a contributing editor at Esquire and Travel + Leisure, and a contributor to New York, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. He lives in the East Village of Manhattan, where he got his start covering the punk scene at CBGB for The Village Voice.

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ISBN 13	9780887307492
ISBN 10	0887307493
Title	The Agency
Author	Frank Rose
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	1995-08-01
Number of pages	532
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