Against the Odds: A Path Forward for Rural America - Softcover

Vincent, Bruce; Widmar, Nicole J Olynk; Eise, Jessica

 
9781544035307: Against the Odds: A Path Forward for Rural America
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1544035306 ISBN 13: 9781544035307
Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

When Bruce's school principal told his parents he was too smart to be a logger, everything changed. Set apart from a family heritage society had deemed not 'good enough' for a smart son, Bruce's childhood was tortured by the thought of leaving a life he loved. Dutifully, he moved away, went to college and got a job in a city. Until he and his wife, fed up with their ill-suited life, shucked all social expectations and moved their family back to Libby, Montana. Expecting to settle into a hard but rewarding life in logging, Bruce's family and community were rocked by a growing antagonism towards their industry. Soon, he was thrust into the forefront of a national debate in which loggers were denigrated for destroying the environment. Dubbed the Timber Wars, the conflict raged from the late 80s through the 90s, while Bruce was front and center, working himself to exhaustion to preserve their heritage and ensure good forest management. As the logging contracts dried up, he could only watch in agony as his family's business closed and his community began to fall apart. Bruce and his fellow loggers had become Public Enemy No. 1 and their livelihoods were being eradicated. Yet Americans continued to enjoy their wood furniture and products. Only now, timber imports were on the rise and our national forests were exploding into flames from a massive fuel overload that management and controlled logging could have mitigated. Confronting this harsh reality, he and his team faced the hardest work yet - looking in the mirror. What had they been doing wrong? What can we do to work towards real, meaningful progress?

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Verlag
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1544035306
ISBN 13 
9781544035307
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
172
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