Edited by Eric Jones, Rebecca McLain (both Institute for Culture and Ecology) and James Weigand (U.S. Forest Service)

University Press of Kansas, 2002, 445 p., Paperback, ISBN 0-7006-1165-5
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Reviewed in The Temperate Agroforester, July 2002

     This book provides the first comprehensive examination of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) in the United States, illustrating their diverse importance, describing the people who harvest them, and outlining the steps that are being taken to ensure access to them. As the first extensive national overview of NTFP policy and management specific to the United States, it brings together research from numerous disciplines and analytical perspectives - such as economics, mycology, history, ecology, law, entomology, forestry, geography, and anthropology - in order to provide a cohesive picture of the current and potential role of NTFPs.

Contents

PART o­nE. Past and Present

• Historical Overview of Nontimber Forest Product Uses in the Northeastern United States, Marla R. Emery
• The Relevance of Sociocultural Variables to Nontimber Forest Product Research, Policy, and Management, Eric T. Jones and Kathryn Lynch
• Case Study. Workers in the Woods: Confronting Rapid Change, Richard Hansis 
• Case Study. Overview of Cultural Traditions, Economic Trends, and Key Species in Nontimber Forest Products of the Pacific Northwest, James Weigand 
• Case Study. The American Southwest, James Weigand
• Case Study. The Caribbean Basin: Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, James Weigand
• Case Study. California, James Weigand
• Case Study. Culture and Nontimber Forest Products in the American Pacific Tropics, James Weigand
• Case Study. The Hidden Bounty of the Urban Forest, Paul Jahnige
• Case Study. Rio Grande National Forest, Vince Spero and Carol Fleming 

PART TWO. Commerce and Conservation

• Nontimber Forest Product Commerce, Susan J. Alexander, James Weigand, and Keith A. Blatner
• Ecological Considerations in Sustainable Use of Wild Plants, Nan C. Vance
• The Paradox of Market-Oriented Conservation: Lessons from the Tropical Forests, Carolyn Crook and Roger Alex Clapp
• Case Study. Extractive Reserves for the United States? Lessons from the Amazonian Experience, Thomas Love
• Case Study. Certification of Nontimber Forest Products, Patrick Mallet
• Between Wildcrafting and Monocultures: Agroforestry Options, Wayne S. Teel and Louise E. Buck 
• Case Study. Native U.S. Plants in Honey and Pollen Production, Anita G. Alexander and Susan J. Alexander
• Biological Inventory and Monitoring, Becky K. Kerns, Leon Liegel, David Pilz, and Susan J. Alexander

PART THREE. Native American Claims

• Indian Reserved Rights, Edmund Clay Goodman
• Case Study. Ojibwe Off-Reservation Harvest of Wild Plants, Karen C. Danielsen and Jonathan H. Gilbert
• Case Study. Making Peace in the Berry Patch: The 1932 Handshake Agreement and the Promise of Cultural Use Zones, Andrew H. Fisher
• Case Study. Contemporary Subsistence Use of Nontimber Forest Products in Alaska, Robert Schroeder
• Case Study. American Indian Management of Federal Lands: The Maidu Cultural and Development Group, Jonathan K. London

PART FOUR. Policy and Management

• Federal Nontimber Forest Products Policy and Management, Alexios Antypas, Rebecca J. McLain, Jennifer Gilden, and Greg Dyson
• Case Study. Business As Usual: The Exclusion of Mushroom Pickers in Wild Mushroom Management in Oregon's National Forests, Rebecca J. McLain
• Case Study. Applying Stewardship Contracting Principles to Nontimber Forest Products, Paul Ringgold

PART FIVE. Customary Claims to Use Rights o­n Public Lands

• Nontimber Forest Products Customary Claims, Edmund Clay Goodman

Appendices
Index