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1 online resource (381 pages) |
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text file |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Territorial Designations; Introduction; 1. Prehistoric Southwestern Virginia; 2. Agricultural Settlers; 3. Turnpikes and Romance in the Mountains; 4. Industrial Logging Discovers Appalachia; 5. JNF and the Rise of National Conservation; 6. The Depression Era; 7. World War II and Postwar Transitions; 8. The Mount Rogers National Recreation Area; 9. From Commodity Interests to Ecological Forestry; 10. Cultural Resources; 11. Sacred Land; 12. Old Commons Meets the New; Epilogue. |
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Appendix A: Pioneer Forest: A Case Study in Modern SelectiveForest ManagementAppendix B: Payment in Lieu of Taxes; Appendix C: Miscellaneous Statistics and Recent Budget Data; Notes; Source Materials; Index. |
| Summary |
The highland forests of southwestern Virginia were a sacred land to Native Americans and one they relied upon for sustenance. After European contact, this beautiful country drew successive waves of settlers and visitors, and for a brief yet intense period, industrialists rapaciously exploited its timber resources, particularly in the higher elevations where the woodlands had survived the nearby valleys & rsquo; generations of agricultural use. This is the story of how various peoples have regarded this land over the centuries and how, starting in the early twentieth century, the federal gove. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-343) and index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Forest reserves -- Virginia.
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Forest reserves. |
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Virginia. |
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Jefferson National Forest.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sarvis, Will. Jefferson National Forest : An Appalachian Environmental History. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2011 9781572338289 |
| ISBN |
9781572338371 (electronic book) |
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1572338377 (electronic book) |
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9781572338289 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1572338288 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1283276461 |
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9781283276467 |
| Standard No. |
9786613276469 |
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