Word: conservationism
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Only ten years ago, the U.S. was cutting its timber much faster than it was growing. But now, Forest Service Chief Richard E. McArdle told the Society of American Foresters last week, the growth of new sawtimber at last almost matches the amount cut down. A comprehensive survey just completed...
Great-grandfather Carver was the last real farmer his family was to produce-until Joe Moore, with an intense desire to restore the land to richness, came along. Joe is a living contradiction to the widespread-and wrong-explanation of U.S. farm productivity: the notion that the U.S. has "new...
The bird islands off the coast of Peru are more than a fabulous sight to tourists. The birds are among Peru's chief assets: last year they produced fertilizer (guano) worth more than $30 million. Their value is on the increase because the Peruvian government's Guano Administration...
Tree Farming (Jan. 17), a graphic report on timber conservation that won cheers from forest rangers and lumber tycoons alike.
"I Concede." On the House floor Louis Rabaut was waiting. Against nearly every clause of the supplemental appropriations bill Rabaut raised a point of order. But Clarence Cannon, who has a notoriously low boiling point (he has been in fistfights with other Congressmen time and again), remained cool. "I concede...