Multiple Abuse

Multiple Use logging on Bridger-Teton National Forest Wyoming by Howie Wolke.

Multiple use is both a philosophy and a legal mandate that instructs federal agencies to manage lands primarily for a variety of extractive products (wood, livestock, oil etc) rather than for the long-term health of the land. It is an ongoing ecological disaster that guides the management of a vast domain of public lands. Its primary benefactors are extractive industry and those who manufacture, sell or ride mechanized off-road vehicles.