Mountaineers and Rangers

The library has received a book about forest management in the Southern Appalachian region.

Mastran, Shelley Smith and Lowerre, Nan. Mountaineers and Rangers : A History of Federal Forest Management in the Southern Appalachians, 1900-81. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1983.

Call no.: T 333.75 M395m

Chapters include:

• Conservation movement comes to the Southern mountains
• National forests organized in Southern Appalachians
• The Depression and the New Deal
• The Civilian Conservation Corps
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway
• World War II through the fifties: from FDR to JFK
• Federal development of the Southern Appalachians, 1960-81
• Recreational development of the Southern Appalachians, 1960-81