Comments on "The religion of forestry: Scientific management"

If "scientific management" means that elite experts are isolated from outsi de influence and make decisions based solely on "science," we agree that su ch should be abandoned. However, we don't believe such a circumstance ever existed. Foresters strive to satisfy the objectives of their employers with in the boundaries of law, economic rationality, and ecological feasibility. We doubt that many, if any, worship at the altar of the Church of Scientif ic Management-or ever did.