A century of forestry, 1914-2014
Subtitle: Texas Forestry Association and Texas A&M Forest Service
By: Ronald F. Billings
Publisher: The Donning Company Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781578649259
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Forests and forestry; History; Texas Forestry Association; Texas A & M Forest Service
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 219) and index.
Table of contents: title: From virgin forests to sawdust and stumps (1820-1899); title: The dawn of forestry in Texas (1900-1917); title: Fire control, state forests, and pine seedling nurseries (1918-1929); title: Reforestation and renewal (1930-1940); title: The World War II period (1941-1945); title: Back to work under new leadership (1946-1959); title: Southern pine beetles and wildfires demand attention (1960-1970); title: Urban forestry and battles over the Big Thicket (1971-1980); title: Fair weather favors forestry?and more spb (1981-1995); title: Responding to drought, wildfires, and other disasters (1996-2007); title: Texas forestry at the start of the twenty-first century (2008-2014); title: A century of progress and a glimpse forward.