The birth of a controversy: 1945-1977 -- Muddling through: 1978-1981 -- New science, new directives, more muddling: 1981-1984 -- The forest service's last stand: 1985-1989 -- All hell breaks loose: 1989-1993 -- Tough choices: a difficult issue under any circumstances -- Avoiding though choices: American decisionmaking processes -- Influencing tough choices: actors in American decisionmaking processes -- Insufficient policies and misleading politics -- Grounded in the past: agency values and management approaches --
The context for change -- Building more effective agencies and decisionmaking processes -- Building better policies
