Non-Timber Forest Products

Introduction; Section I: Non-Timber Forest Products, Past and Present; International Non-Timber Forest Product Issues; Brief Overview of Historical Non-Timber Forest Product Use in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Upper Midwest; Aboriginal Use of Non-Timber Forest Products in Northwestern North America: Applications and Issues; An Overview of Non-Timber Forest Products in the United States Today; Non-Timber Forest Products in Local Economies: The Case of Mason County, Washington; Section II: Research on Non-Timber Forest Products in the Pacific Northwest; Research in Non-Timber Forest Products: Contributions of the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Productivity and Sustainable Harvest of Edible Forest Mushrooms: Current Biological Research and New Directions in Federal Monitoring; Socio-Economic Research on Non-Timber Forest Products in the Pacific Northwest; Section III: Socio-Political Considerations for Non-Timber Forest Product Management; Why Is Non-Timber Forest Product Harvesting an Issue? Excluding Local Knowledge and the Paradigm Crisis of Temperate Foresty; Who Knows? Local Non-Timber Forest Product Knowledge and Stewardship Practices in Northern Michigan; Recent Trends: Non-Timber Forest Product Pickers in the Pacific Northwest; Expanding Non-Timber Forest Product Harvester/Buyer Participation in Pacific Northwest Forest Policy; Synthesis and Future Directions for Non-Timber Forest Product Research in the United States