Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods

"Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest" by E. T. Allen is a book that explores the crucial need for careful forest management in the Pacific Northwest during the early 1900s. It examines forests as essential community assets, balancing the necessities of both the public, who benefit from environmental preservation, and lumbermen, who rely on forests for their businesses. The book starts by pointing out how bad deforestation and forest fires are affecting the economy and environment, noting that both the average citizen and lumber businesses are realizing how important it is to adopt better practices. Allen presents the basics of keeping forests healthy, with the aim of teaching timber owners and the public how to use forests in a way that helps the economy and protects the environment for the future.