Forest management in the United States first became an issue in 1827 when the Department of the Navy and President John Quincy Adams saw the need for a continuous supply of mature timber for ship construction. In the 1860’s the American Association for the Advancement of Science first discussed the need for sustained-yield forestry. In 1878 the members of the Cosmos Club, a group of Washington, D.C., intellectuals, proposed the wise use of natural resources for the greatest good, for the... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023. 2p.