Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. PART 1: FORESTS, FORESTRY, AND FORESTERS
5. Government Forestry Abroad 21
6. Th e Forests of Ne- Ha- Sa- Ne Park in Northern New York 29
7. A Plan to Save the Forests 32
8. In the Philippine Forests 34
9. Dear Forester 39
10. The Proposed Eastern Forest Reserves 43
11. Speech to the Denver Public Lands Convention 51
12. The ABC of Conservation 54
13. Mr. Pinchot on Forest Fires 58
14. Roosevelt’s Part in Forestry 60
15. National or State Control of Forest Devastation 63
16. A Letter to Foresters 67
17. Old Evils in New Clothes 71
18. PART 2: WAR AND PEACE
19. Declaration of Principles: North American Conservation Conference 79
20. England in War 90
21. Preparedness and Common Sense 93
22. An Agricultural Policy for the United States in War Time 97
23. A Forest Devastation Warning 104
24. Conservation as a Foundation for Permanent Peace 109
25. PART 3: GOVERNING THE KEYSTONE STATE
26. The Reclamation of Pennsylvania’s Desert 117
27. The Influence of Women in Politics 124
28. Inaugural Address 130
29. The Blazed Trail of Forest Depletion 135
30. Why I Believe in Enforcing the Prohibition Laws 143
31. Old Age Assistance in Pennsylvania: Righting the Neglects of Yesterday 146
32. Politicians or the People? 150
33. Inaugural Address 154
34. The Case for Federal Relief 158
35. Lifting the Farmers Out of the Mud 167
36. Liquor Control in the United States: The State Store Plan 171
37. The Pennsylvania State Forests 176
38. PART 4 : WATER, ENERGY, AND POWER
39. What Shall We Do with the Coal in Alaska? 179
40. Testimony on the Hetch Hetchy Dam to the House Committee on Public Lands 187
41. Muscle Shoals 191
42. Giant Power 194
43. Prevention First 200
44. The Power Monopoly: Its Make- Up and Its Menace 204
45. The Long Struggle for Effective Federal Water Power Legislation 209
46. PART 5 : NATURAL ENGAGEMENTS
47. One Afternoon at Pelican Bay 219
48. Swordfishing 227
49. South Seas Reflections 232
50. Two’s Company 235
51. Time Like an Ever Rolling Stream 240
52. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 245
53. INDEX 247