RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE， INC.<br > 1755 Massachusetts Avenue， N.W.， Washington， D.C. 20036<br > Board of Directors: Gilbert F. White， Chairman， Harrison Brown， Roberio<br > de O. Campos， Edward I. Cleary， Joseph L. Fisher， Luther H. Foster，<br > F. Kenneth Hare， Charles J. Hitch， Charles F. Luce， Laurence L Moss， Frank<br > Pace， Jr.， Emanuel R. Piore， Stanley H. Ruttenberg， Lauren K. Seth， Janez<br > Stanovnik， Maurice F. Strong， Julia D. Stuart， p. F. Watzek<br > Honorary Directors: Horace M. Albright， Erwin D. Canham， Hugh L， Keenley-<br > side， Edward S. Mason， William S. Paley， John W. Vanderwilt<br > Acting President: Marion Clawson<br > Secretary-Treasurer: John E. Herbert<br > Resources for the Future is a nonprofit corporation for research and educa-<br > tion in the development， conservation， and use of natural resources and the<br > improvement of the quality of the environment. It was established in 1952<br > with the cooperation of the Ford Foundation. Part of the work of Resources<br > for the Future is carried out by its resident staff; part is supported by grants<br > to universities and other nonprofit organizations. Unless otherwise stated， Preface<br > interpretations and conclusions in RFF publications are those of the authors;<br > the organization takes responsibility for the selection of significant subjects<br > for study， the competence of the researchers， and their freedom of inquiry.<br > This book is one of RFF s studies， prepared under the auspices of the quality The genesis of this book cannot be too precisely placed， but it goes back<br > of the environment program， directed by Waiter Spofford. It was edited by<br > Brigitte Weeks. Figures were drawn by Clare and Frank Ford. tO my need about five years ago for a respite from the journalist s task<br > of tracking fleeting events. I wanted a chance to take a more reflective look<br >RFF editors: Mark Reinsberg， Joan R. Tron， Ruth B. Haas， Joann Hinkel at the increasingly frequent conflicts between conservation and economic<br >Copyright ~ 1074 by The Johns Hopkins University Press growth or development. Since 1965， the year I had joined the staff of<br >All rights reserved Science magazine (having given up my job as a Washington correspondent<br >Manufactured in the United States of America for a Southern newspaper~， I had followed the emergence of the environ-<br >Library of Congress Catalog Card Number .~!-68~~e-<br >ISBN 0-8018-1646-7 (clothbound} mental movement as a substantial force in the nation s intellectual and<br >ISBN 6-gO10-1896-S (paperboundl political life. My articles had dealt with a wide range of conflicts between<br >Originally published， 1974 COnservation and development--for instance， over proposed dams in the<br > Grand Canyon， pollution and dredging for oyster shells in Galveston Bay，<br >Johns Hopkins Paperback edition， 1976 Clear-cutting in national forests， nuclear testing on Amchitka Island， and<br >Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data will be found on the last all development on the Alaskan north slope， I also had followed closely<br >printed page of this book. SOme important attempts at establishing a framework of law and govern-<br > ment for coping with environmental controversies in a more coherent and<br > V PREFACE<br >