Wild Logging: A Guide to Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Forestry [Paperback]

Bryan Foster (Author), Peggy Foster (Photographer), Jack Ward Thomas (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2002

In the Intermountain West, private, nonindustrial forests typically woodlots of 15 to 150 acres comprise as much as one-third of the forestland. Yet the owners of these forests commonly do not have forest management plans or the assistance they need to create such plans. Wild Logging slices through the "airy idealism of environmentalists and the steel-toe practicality of loggers" to teach methods of sustainable forest stewardship tailored to the West. Wild Logging covers the rudiments of forest management: inventorying your forest and establishing management goals; developing appropriate timber-harvesting methods and hiring a logger to implement them; and managing your forest estate for the future. In engaging interviews owners of western forestland share their practical experiences. Technical sections cover such basics as how to develop a management plan, protect your property from wildfire, and write a timber harvest contract.

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"There is inspiration here--and some very good writing [from which] to begin your own journey of informed forest stewardship." --Jack Ward Thomas, former chief of the U.S. Forest Service

Product Details

• Paperback: 153 pages
• Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company (November 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878424482
• ISBN-13: 978-0878424481
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,754,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptionally thoughtful, balanced and practical guide, April 18, 2003

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This review is from: Wild Logging: A Guide to Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Forestry (Paperback)

Wild Logging: A Guide To Environmentally And Economically Sustainable Forestry by forestry expert Bryan Foster is a useful and "user friendly" guide designed especially for the owners and managers of private forest lands. Wild Logging will enable the reader to craft a charter for private and corporate land-based forestry management that balances both harvesting interests and long-term ecological stability. Wild Logging is confidently recommended as being an exceptionally thoughtful, balanced and practical guide which is deftly written to provide a viable commercial alternative to the evils of clear-cutting or forest habitat destruction.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Case Studies, December 8, 2005

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J. Spearman (SC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Logging: A Guide to Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Forestry (Paperback)

This book provides interesting case studies about the management of (mostly) western forestland. The layout of the book is a little choppy (the sidebars interupt the arc of the greater storyline) but the insights into the personalities that are preserving our forestlands for future generations make it worthwhile. The book provides good introductory level information that is practical and useful for forest landowners.

2.0 out of 5 stars Too superficial for someone who actually owns land, June 22, 2008

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J. Kloepping "jkloepping" (Petaluma, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Logging: A Guide to Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Forestry (Paperback)

This book is simply a collection of stories about different people and how they have managed their woodlands. There is no in-depth discussion of logging methods, and little about the economics of the business. The book seemed aimed at people who want a little hobby to go with their land.