Unlike other natural resource management volumes that focus solely on theecologicalaspects of resourcesand with an overlypessimisticview of the futurethis volume explores natural resource managementin contextin a functional, applied framework by integrating ecology, history, planning, economics, and policy into coverage ofeachnatural resource, and by providing a balanced, guarded optimistic view of the most current research and technology's capability to overcome natural resource problems. Exceptionally straightforward and readable, it is easily accessible to readers with limited background in ecology, biology, and economics.The volume provides an overview of natural resources, and a complete analysis of management foundations, air, water, and land resources, the land-based renewable resources, the wild living resources, the mineral and energy resources, plus an integration of natural resources management.For foresters, wildlife biologists, geologists, range managers, and environmental scientists.