Principles of Conservation in the Use of Wild Lands

Key Points

Effective public ownership of wild lands requires management without bureaucratic conflicts, ensuring better conservation.
The management should focus on multiple uses, including commodity production, recreation, and watershed protection.
The author emphasizes returning to traditional approaches in managing national forests for optimal resource utilization.
Successful wild land management calls for a single jurisdiction overseeing diverse land uses and conservation goals.

Abstract

Abstract This paper is a strong argument for public ownership and control of wild lands. However, to be effective, such control must be free from inter-bureau jealousies and questions of jurisdiction, which is possible only by adopting one territorial jurisdiction and head interested chiefly in the right use of land and in the conservation of its resources. Of the national forests as a unit of wild land, the author believes we should get back to the original concept of managing them for the production of commodities , timber and forage; uses , recreation and game; and services ,such as watershed protection, all of which are inherent in the land.

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R. H. Rutledge (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4765531b076d99fa6e9ab https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/31.2.159

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