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Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast
Forging Truces in the War in the Woods
Debra Salazar   Donald K. Alper  

$85.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 11/7/2000
ISBN: 9780774808156    


$32.95 Paperback
Release Date: 5/1/2001
ISBN: 9780774808163    
264 Pages


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Forests define the Pacific Coast in many ways. Culturally they are part of the traditions of the First Nations; economically they have sustained an industry that has created settlements and wealth throughout the area. In the last twenty years, the forests have become the subject of increasing conflict, as economic interests clash with changing social and political values. The war in the woods has escalated, hardening battle lines and polarizing forest politics.

In this thoughtful collection of essays edited by Debra J. Salazar and Donald K. Alper, forest policy in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia is examined in a binational context. While US and Canadian forest policy and forest management approaches differ, the two countries face similar challenges and conflicts. Contributors discuss the evolution of forest exploitation, the response of timber companies to U.S. federal environmental regulations, sovereignty for First Nations communities, and the reshaping of the political economy of forests by global forces on both sides of the border. Groups usually ignored in the forest policy debate -- such as First Nations peoples, workers in the emerging non-forest economy, and citizen activists -- are also given voice in this fascinating compilation.

The contributors to Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast offer new perspectives that recognize the complexity of the issues and the diversity of interests in forest politics. A valuable contribution to the ongoing debate over forest policy on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border, these essays analyze the challenges facing forest policy makers and open the discussion up to those whose voices have not been heard before.

About the Author(s)

Debra J. Salazar is a forest policy analyst.

Donald K. Alper is the Director of the Center for Canadian-American Studies.

Both teach in the department of Political Science at Western Washington University.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction

1. Politics, Policy, and the War in the Woods / Debra J. Salazar and Donald K. Alper

Part II: Institutions

2. How the Way We Make Policy Governs the Policy We Make / George Hoberg
3. International Dynamics of North American Forest Policy: From Bilateral to Global Perspectives / Thomas R. Waggener
4. Firms’ Responses to External Pressures for Sustainable Forest Management in British Columbia and the US Pacific Northwest / Benjamin Cashore, Ilan Vertinsky and Rachana Raizada

Part III: Voices

5. Forest People: First Nations Lead the Way toward a Sustainable Future / David R. Boyd and Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson
6. The Multi-ethnic, Nontimber Forest Workforce in the Pacific Northwest: Reconceiving the Players in Forest Management / Beverly A. Brown

Part IV: Policy Innovations

7. A Crossroad in the Forest: The Path to a Sustainable Forest Sector in British Columbia / Clark S. Binkley
8. Wildlife Conservation on Private Lands: Habitat Planning and Regulatory Certainty / R. Neal Wilkins
9. Multistakeholder Processes: Activist Containment versus Grassroots Mobilization / Mae Burrows

Part V: Conclusion

10. Digging Out of the Trenches / Debra J. Salazar and Donald K. Alper

Contributors
Index

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Chapter 1
Chapter 9

Related Topics

Forestry
Environmental Studies
BC Studies
BC Studies > Environment
BC Studies > Forestry

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