Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, (1945). Boerker studied forestry at Dartmouth and Yale and received a Masters of Science in Forestry from the University of Michigan, going on to work for the U.S. Forest Service in California, Wyoming, and Colorado. This book argues for replacing the concept of "conservation" with "forest restoration for multiple use, with human welfare as the ultimate object." Signed by the author, "Yours, R.H.D. Boerker." Owner name and date (August 1945) written above. Illustrated with photographs. Foxing to endpapers and bump to spine base; a very good copy in a good dust jacket with wear at the spine ends and along the rear flap fold. A scarce, early publication on this subject, produced during wartime. Uncommon in the original edition or in jacket, let alone signed. [#036520] $500