Forest Futures

Forest Futures is an exciting collection of original essays written by leading scientists, policy analysts, public lands managers, and advocates that addresses four related issues regarding the future of our nation's forests: ideas and practices of sustainable forestry; science and policymaking; threatened and endangered species protection on forested lands; and the future of public forest lands management. Offering a genuine debate and dialogue, Forest Futures discusses the present and future of our nation's forests in light of the current debate on forest management concepts, practices, and compromises established a decade ago. Brings together the observations and analyses of forest scientists, land managers, social scientists, and legal advocates to address common concerns regarding the state of our nation's forests, Essays are uniquely and comprehensively integrated due to a distinctive 'dialogic' approach, Includes a unique section on the relationship between science and policy—exploring the questions of scientific uncertainty and the use and abuse of science with the policy process. Forest Futures is an important and timely work ideal for environmental science, environmental policy, and forestry college courses, as well as for policymakers, citizens, and activists interested in forest policy related issues.

The 15 original essays written by leading scientists, policy analysts, public lands managers, and advocates addresses four related issues regarding the future of our nation's forests: ideas and practices of sustainable forestry; science and policymaking; threatened and endangered species protection on forested lands; and the future of public forest lands management in the Pacific Northwest. Though the focus of the essays is regional, the co-editors' introduction and conclusion will make connections between the Northwest forests as a case study and scientific and policy dilemmas generally.

Karen B. Arabas is associate professor of geography at Willamette University where she teaches courses in biogeography, forest ecology and policy, and water resources. Dr. Arabas worked as a researcher and policy analyst for World Resources Institute, ICF Incorporated, and the Centers for Values and Social Policy and Space and Geosciences Policy at the University of Colorado. She has authored and co-authored publications on forest disturbance, climate variability, and fire ecology. Joe Bowersox is associate professor of politics at Willamette University. He teaches courses in forest ecology and policy, environmental policymaking, environmental ethics, and law and public policy, and he has worked in the US Senate as a forest policy analyst. He has published articles and chapters on environmental policy, and environmental theory, and is co-editor (with John Martin Gillroy) of The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decisionmaking.