Testimonials
“The Weeks Act of 1911 is one of the twentieth century’s most significant environmental laws. Few recall its powerful impact on once-cutover eastern forests, though their flourishing condition today is compelling evidence of its significance. Forests for the People probes this remarkable recovery and offers an engaging account of the Weeks Act’s complex legacy; it rightly warns that we are not yet out of the woods.” —Char Miller, W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis, Pomona College
“ Forests for the People both deepened and broadened my understanding of and appreciation for the eastern national forests and the struggle to create and manage them. By providing the first comprehensive history of the Weeks Act and then, through case studies, carefully examining the challenges of implementing the law over the last century, the authors have helped frame the discussion for managing all our national forests in its second century.” —James G. Lewis, Forest History Society