The U.S. Forest Service celebrates its centennial in 2005. With a new preface by the author, this edition of Harold K. Steen's classic history (originally published in 1976) provides a broad perspective on the Service's administrative and policy controversies and successes. new research on habitat, biodiversity, and fire prevention;
Harold K. Steen is former president of the Forest History Society and currently teaches conservation history at New Mexico State University.