It takes the average reader 8 hours and 11 minutes to read A Conspiracy of Optimism by Paul W. Hirt
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A Conspiracy of Optimism explains the controversy now raging over the U.S. Forest Service’s management of America’s national forests. Confronted with the dual mandate of production and preservation, the U.S. Forest Service decided it could achieve both goals through more intensive management. For a few decades after World War Two, this “conspiracy of optimism” masked the fact that high levels of resource extraction were destroying forest ecosystems. The effects of intensive management—massive clear-cuts, polluted streams, declining wildlife populations, and marred scenery—initiated several...
A Conspiracy of Optimism by Paul W. Hirt is 484 pages long, and a total of 122,936 words.
This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 150% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 11 minutes to read A Conspiracy of Optimism aloud.
A Conspiracy of Optimism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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