The public debate about roads on the national forests: An analysis of the news media, 1994-98

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4-10

  Bengston, David N ^a   Fan, David R ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDIA ROLE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032710133     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jof/97.8.4     Document Type: Article

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