美国林业的历史和管理从历史的角度去理解美国今天的森林管理与林地所有权模式是很有益的。林业在美国的发展过程中发挥过很重要的作用。在欧洲移民开始到达北美洲的时代，美国有超过１０亿英亩的森林，也就是说，当时美国国土面积的一半多覆盖着森林。森林如地毯一般地覆盖着 History and Management of American Forestry It is useful from a historical point of view to understand the current pattern of forest management and forestland ownership in the United States. Forestry has played a very important role in the development of the United States. At a time when European immigrants began to reach North America, the United States had over 1 billion acres of forests, meaning that at that time, more than half of the land area of ​​the United States covered the forest. The forest is covered like a carpet