Touch Wood
BC Forests at the Crossroads
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1993
- Category
- Forests & Rainforests, Essays, Labor & Industrial Relations
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550170740
- Publish Date
- Jan 1993
- List Price
- $24.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Public debate about forest policy is almost as old as the forest industry itself, but in the 1990s people on all sides are demanding new directions in the use and management of forests, one of our most precious resources. Never in our history has it been so crucial to make policy decisions that grapple with social, economic and environmental concerns. This collection of essays is a cornerstone in the current round of debate.
About the authors
Ken Drushka worked as a journalist before spending sixteen years as a logger, silvicultural contractor and the operator of a custom sawmill. His work has been published in numerous periodicals, including Equity, Business in Vancouver, BC Report and Truck Logger. Drushka's books include the BC bestsellers Working in the Woods and Stumped: The Forest Industry in Transistion, Against Wind and Weather, Tie Hackers to Timber Harvesters and HR: A Biography of H.R. MacMillan, which won the 1996 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional BC Book Prize. He was also co-author of Three Men and a Forester (with Ian Mahood). Drushka passed away at the age of 63 in 2004.