WSP03456

• File Number: 7630.425
• Description: Wild and Scenic - Piedra River
• State: CO
• Basin: Western Slope
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 1/29/1976
• Author: Various
• Title: News Articles-Press Releases - Piedra Wilderness - 1-29-76 through 2-4-77
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: News Article/Press Release

"'6~-iJr' ri!;Safe to Turn Loose jn the Woods"
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As to the polirjcal or qua~i.pnliti-
cal background, for a number of
yean the Fore:,>! Sen"ic(' in its annllal
hearings before the Bureau of the
Budget (now Office of ~lanagcment
lnd Budget) had k'Slified as to the
income-producing nature of it!.
management opt"ralions. partinl-
'ady on th.. timber resources of the
'la.lianal ForeslS. C(onsetluentl~. the
:>.\IB began to in~i\t that limber.~le
ncome be innea~ed. with at least an
mplied threat that otherv.'i'\e the &r-
fice's appropriatif)n!> would suffer.
rhese importunities, coupled with
[orest managers' inclination lOward
:Jearcuuing. led in my opinion cli.
,et::ily to the ~xrt'nsi"'e dearcuning
)perarions Ihat triggered the con.
rO"'crsy.
More than incidentall)', many ob-
erven in related foreu-orienled
:i5ciplines feel that oflen clear.
utting does not benefit and may
.amage ulher ~.alut'S sULh as \\Iildlifc
labilat and thOSt' of watersheds. rc-
realion, and csthelics: unless, by df'-
p. these ~'alues are- incorporated
:msciullSly intolhe culting pall('rO$.
The con..:erted efforts that have
een exerted by dl(~ Forest Service,
:ongress. and cooperating ex pens
ill. 1 am confident. bring out salis-
lctory legislali\'e solutivns to the~e
dmini..lrati\e problems. In tht'.1t>..
~nce of true foreslry ~elwraJi..ts in
Ie Wagar piHlcrn, fn~ example. I
k the propos:lls uf ad1/iwry boards
ld te<hnical and .\l'jentific (-Olmsd
the special fields rel.lled to f(lU'S.
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The contemporary issue of clear-
uing se~m 10 hi~hliKhl Professor
agar's teaching principles. a.. to
e professional and social rl."\f)(IOSi-
lilies of a foresler. On one hand.
e managers il1\'ol\nl at otIl kvels
em to h:l\e subordinated other
lportant furest values to the de-
<lhilit\' of clear(lluing- from the
nber ';'ana~er's viewIJoint. On the
her. it ..l'ems to this ohseT\-'er rh201.
'glecting the adherence to a wall of
sic principle tha.t was epitomizt'd
Chief W3W~, the\ allohe~ pres-
re.. from the 0'1[\ fa force the
r~'il'e into compromisn with
llnu fore~t man:IIl('ment "hi(h hds
~\'it.1bly I.-d to ptlhlrc ('onlrO\'ersy
d legisl.uin' relllt'dL
Is there ;un solution for future
'esters? I belieH' .mu fefwn;h

lVEMBER 1970

hope so. It is evidently impossiblt': to
return (Q Professor \\"agar's kind of
forestry education. with one profer.-
sur and several one-student c1a~ses.
BUI I am convinced that it is essential
for us to redevelop college-le\'e1
educalion in "general forest 1").".
which ,,'ill emphasize the se\'eral as-
pects of foust management that we
ha\-'e discussed here; limber.
wilrllife. \\'atersheds, recrealion, and
t:~thetics built together into an ime-
grated di~ipline--tht' aTts oj fomtr;.'.
bdsl'd on the \'arious specialisms.
Education in profe$.sional and so.
cial elhics can be taught (;u 1 ha\'e
done) in special courses on fort'sl
poliq and adminislration-which,
belieH' it or nor, can be made appeal-
ing to present-da)' young people.
But more imponant, a built-in feel.
inK for these absalutd)' essential at-
tributes can and should be instilled
into our ).oung professionah b)' con-
linuous example and indoclrination,
OOlh in school and on the job. Onl~'
Ihm can they build their own walls of
ha..ic principles; to know how far to
compromise and where to stand fast.
regardless of consequences. And
onl)'. rhen can our young- people
learn 10 live up consistently 10 the
standards of integra led forest man-
agement and of professional con.
dun that were so beautifull>' taughl
to hi.. slUdents o\.er the vears bv Pro-
fessor Wagar. ' '.

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