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October 5, 2025Journal of Forestry1 citations

Environmental Forestry: A Modest Proposal

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CRCarl H. Reidel

Key Points

  • Forestry must adapt to effectively tackle pressing environmental issues and public expectations.
  • Reforming forestry curricula alone is insufficient to address the diverse challenges in environmental management.
  • A philosophical foundation is essential for foresters seeking to merge professionalism with environmental stewardship.
  • Reviving the environmental spirit of forestry can invigorate the profession and enhance its impact on sustainability.

Abstract

Abstract Forestry of the future must be sure of its philosophical foundation as well as imaginatively practical. Foresters must decide whether they are to become "professional" or remain true to the heritage of their brief past–environmental management in its broadest meaning. The mere restructuring of forestry curricula is a modest and inadequate response to the growing impatience of the American public for a vital new approach to environmental problems. We must rekindle the total environmental spirit of forestry if we are to vigorously respond to the pressing needs of our world.

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Carl H. Reidel (1970) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e2555bd6d66a53c24755a0https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/68.2.100
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