Jonathan H. Adler, in Policy Review (Spring 1993), the Heritage Foundation, 214 Mass. Ave. N.E., Washing-ton, D.C. 20002-4999.
At the turnof the century,GiffordPinchot and other leaders of the emerging conservation movement warned that the United States would soon destroy the last of its once-vast forests. Their pessimistic forecasts were not without foundation, notes Adler, an environmental-policy analyst at the Washing- ton-based Competitive Enterprise Institute. The 19th and early 20th centuries...