While some of the historical events we recount have been largely
forgotten by the public and largely unexamined by scholars, they reflect
an understanding of larger power dynamics that goes beyond the practice
of sustained-yield and multiple-use forestry to touch upon important
themes in the province's social and cultural history--themes still
relevant today. - from the Introduction In The Sustainability Dilemma,
historians Robert Griffin and Richard A. Rajala delve into two of the
more controversial issues British Columbians have faced over the past 60
years--the management of our forest industry and its impact on our
freshwater ecosystems. Well-illustrated with black-and-white and colour
photographs, this book looks closely at some of the key players and
issues of the time--from E.C. Manning, C.D. Orchard and the proposal and
implementation of sustained-yield policies in the 1930s and 1940s to Ray
Williston, Jim Hart and two fish-forestry conflicts that captured
province-wide attention in the 1960s and 1970s.