ABSTRACT
Emanuel fritz, the grand old man of redwood forestry, had a vision: that forestry is a science that would ensure that logging was sustainable. Yet this seemingly simple idea seemed to evaporate every time he reached for it. He is known as "Mr. Redwood," Fritz, born in 1886, would live to be 102. His career — as ranger, professor at the University of California, consultant to the redwood industry, and editor of the Journal of Forestry — spanned almost the entire history of redwood logging. And his lifelong quest for sustainability embodied the hopes, victories, and defeats of a century of American forestry. As chief forester Pinchot was responsible only for logging on public lands. When he arrived in California, Fritz quickly saw the problem: the European approach was unsentimental and scientific, whereas in America forests were an emotional issue. Pinchot's heavyhanded attempts to regulate private logging, Fritz thought, alienated the landowners, who owned most of the redwoods.
