PA 568 Forest Policy and Administration

Reviews the history, politics, and institutions related to forest resource policy and management. Focuses on how policy affecting public and private forest land is made and implemented. Case studies, largely from the northwestern United States, are used to examine these processes. History, laws, and programs relating to forest land ownership, public and private forest management, and associated environmental protection are studied at the federal and state levels. Special attention is given to understanding how public values about forests develop, and how public values affect public policy related to forests held by public, nonprofit, industrial, and private owners.