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• ISBN: 1559632038 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9781559632034 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 1559632046 (paper : acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9781559632041 (paper : acid-free paper)
• Physical Description: xxviii, 430 p. ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-413) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The birth of a controversy: 1945-1977 -- Muddling through: 1978-1981 -- New science, new directives, more muddling: 1981-1984 -- The forest service's last stand: 1985-1989 -- All hell breaks loose: 1989-1993 -- Tough choices: a difficult issue under any circumstances -- Avoiding though choices: American decisionmaking processes -- Influencing tough choices: actors in American decisionmaking processes -- Insufficient policies and misleading politics -- Grounded in the past: agency values and management approaches --

The context for change -- Building more effective agencies and decisionmaking processes -- Building better policies.

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Spotted owl > Northwest, Pacific.
Forest management > Environmental aspects > Northwest, Pacific.
Forest policy > United States.
Wildlife conservation > Government policy > United States.
Habitat conservation > Government policy > United States.