National Forest Policy

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"U.S. forest policy is an evolving doctrine influenced by new problems and new concerns raised by different interest groups, by environmental changes, by economic concerns, and so on, but at the same time there is an underlying forestry policy that guides decision-making and shapes the way Congress and other interested parties develop programs for the stewardship and controlled exploitation of resources in the national forests. When these lands were first designated a national forests, it was clear that they had been set aside for consumptive uses, but new priorities and new forces have brought into question many of the traditional guidelines for the use of this land. The U.S. Forest Service administers the National Forests of the nation under a mandate signed in 1905 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The political and social environment of the management of the national parks has.."

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