Olympic Battleground: Creating And Defending Olympic National Park-2nd Edition [B1064]

2000 PB with minor wear. A shocking revelation . . . No one vitally interested in the past, present, or future of the national parks can afford to ignore this work of historical dynamite. A comprehensive history of Olympic National Park and a case study of the need for citizen action to protect our natural areas.

As a seasonal ranger in Olympic National Park early in his career, Carsten Lien discovered the shocking truth. Flouting the law and contrary to public expectation, the National Park Service was logging the very land it was supposed to preserve. Lien vowed to uncover the story behind the destruction. In Olympic Battleground, Lien documents more than one hundred years of political chicanery, citizen activism, bureaucratic failure, and the loss of primeval forest. This classic in historical investigation is now updated with a new chapter on the most recent preservation challenges confronting the park.

Conservationist Carsten Lien is former president of The Mountaineers. He also served in executive positions with the Peace Corps and the Stanford Research Institute. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Olympic National Park is my backyard. This book has been recommended to me since I moved here in 2008 and I finally read it. I am giving this book 5 stars for what it is. Carson Lien meticulously researched the little known story of the many decades of battling the Park Service, the Forest Service and timber industries to enable creation of Olympic National Park and to truly protect the trees. This story opened my eyes about the truth of the Park Service and Forest Service, neither of which truly, on an organizational level, is focused on preservation. Surprised? It was not an easy read. For one, it made me really angry. It's also chock full of facts on every page that make it a slow read, and at times I just wanted Carson Lien to summarize parts of the battle to not cater to the timber industry. But they are things I should know. It was a worthy slog. A 5 star slog. :)"