Green Gold: Alabama's Forests and Forest Industries

By the middle of the twentieth century these forests were rebounding-thanks to a climate suitable for tree growth, new technologies that enabled companies to more efficiently use resources, and the adoption of "sustainable forestry" by major forest product producers (p. 224). [...]Fickle m...

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Published in:Journal of Southern History 2015, Vol.81 (3), p.784-785
Main Author: Bryan, William D.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Famine
Forest products
Historians
Manufacturers
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Summary:By the middle of the twentieth century these forests were rebounding-thanks to a climate suitable for tree growth, new technologies that enabled companies to more efficiently use resources, and the adoption of "sustainable forestry" by major forest product producers (p. 224). [...]Fickle mostly credits pulp and paper manufacturers moving into Alabama in the 1920s with the restoration of the state's forests. Because producing paper necessitated massive investments of capital, companies employed foresters to make long-term operations viable.
ISSN:0022-4642
2325-6893