Michigan's state forests : a century of stewardship / William B. Botti and Michael D. Moore.

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It has been said that Michigan's nineteenth century white pine stands were the finest the world has ever seen. Dense, parklike stands, more than 150 feet tall, covered vast areas northward from the Bay City- Muskegon line. The sheer quantity of timber lured many adventurous entrepreneurs and enterpr...

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Uniform Title:Dave Dempsey environmental studies series.
Main Author: Botti, William B.
Other Authors: Moore, Michael D.
Language:English
Published: East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Dave Dempsey environmental studies series.
Subjects:
Forests and forestry > Michigan > History.
Forest management > Michigan > History.
HISTORY > General.
Forest management.
Forests and forestry.
Michigan.
Staatsforst.
Electronic books.
History.
Genre:
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 201 pages) : illustrations, map.
Format: Electronic eBook
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It has been said that Michigan's nineteenth century white pine stands were the finest the world has ever seen. Dense, parklike stands, more than 150 feet tall, covered vast areas northward from the Bay City- Muskegon line. The sheer quantity of timber lured many adventurous entrepreneurs and enterprising farmers to Michigan. Lumber became a mainstay of Michigan's economy as logging interests and railroad entrepreneurs became adept at harvesting, transporting, and processing pine logs. Many considered the pine to be practically limitless. In October of 1871, the first indication of a t.
Note:Electronic resource.
Call Number:SD144.M5 B68 2006
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191) and index.
ISBN:9781609170097
1609170091
System Details:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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