Conservation of natural resources /

Mid-century concern about the resource situation has been replaced in the 1960's by a more optimistic outlook. Many people cannot escape the conviction that the fund resources will in time be depleted, diminished in quantity, and in some instances be exhausted or destroyed. However, in spite of a nu...

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Other Authors:	Smith, Guy-Harold, 1895-1976 (Editor, Contributor), Clawson, Marion, 1905-1998 (Contributor), Dambach, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1911-1969 (Contributor), Diller, Oliver D. (Contributor), Foscue, Edwin J. (Edwin Jay), 1899-1972 (Contributor), Garland, John H. (John Henry), 1914- (Contributor), Hawkes, H. Bowman, 1907-1987 (Contributor), Hoffman, Lawrence A. (Contributor), Karnes, Lowry B. (Contributor), Martin, Howard H. (Howard Hanna), 1892- (Contributor), McCarty, Harold H. (Harold Hull), 1901-1987 (Contributor), Miller, E. Willard (Eugene Willard), 1915-2002 (Contributor), Miller, Harold V. (Harold Vincent), 1909- (Contributor), Rockie, W. A. (William A.), 1890- (Contributor), Rose, Harold M. (Contributor), Visher, Stephen Sargent, 1887-1967 (Contributor), Whitman, Warren C. (Contributor), Wolfanger, Louis A. (Louis Albert), 1896-1971 (Contributor), Hanson, Herbert C. (Herbert Christian), 1891- (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ©1965.
Edition:	Third edition.
Subjects:	Conservation of natural resources > United States. Agricultural landscape management > United States. Water resources development > United States. Land use > United States > Planning. United States > Economic conditions. Conservation of natural resources. Agricultural landscape management. Water resources development. Economic history. Land use > Planning. United States. Land use. Economic conditions.
Summary:	Mid-century concern about the resource situation has been replaced in the 1960's by a more optimistic outlook. Many people cannot escape the conviction that the fund resources will in time be depleted, diminished in quantity, and in some instances be exhausted or destroyed. However, in spite of a number of unfavorable trends in resource use, the nation with its great wealth, its technological capacity, and managerial skills can continue to prosper and provide the basic necessities for comfortable and gracious living. The pollution of streams and lakes can be stopped. The air we breathe can be improved in quality by reducing the wastes that are discharged into the atmosphere. By the time the petroleum reserves are greatly diminished other liquid fuels will be available in quantity and at a price the people can afford. In the fifteen years since the publication of the first edition of this book increasing emphasis is being placed on research and the resourcefulness of man in meeting his needs. Modern science in the hands of an educated populace can defer for decades, perhaps centuries, the eventual destruction of the resource base. This does not mean that blind optimism can be substituted for a perceptive approach to the numerous problems in the general area of conservation that have engaged the attention of many people and organizations for most of the twentieth century.