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Nearly every discipline, scientific or not, has one or more concepts that are perennially troublesome. Ecologists have argued for years about “competition”; philosophers have argued about “denotation” and “designation.” Forestry’s contribution is, without doubt, “multiple use.” But “multiple use” is different, for it is about power (Convery 1979). McArdle (1953) put it bluntly: “this is no penny ante game; the stakes are tremendous.” In a more philosophical vein, Hall (1963) quotes Charles A. Reich: “the power of the Forest Service is awesome, for the Service recognizes...that its job is nothing less than the definition of public good, a task once reserved for philosopher kings.” Because multiple use plays such an important role in forest management decision making, it bears further scrutiny.
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Leary, R.A. (1985). A Clarification and Extension of Multiple Use. In: Interaction theory in forest ecology and management. Forestry Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5151-8_12
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