Encyclopedia entry: Another Part of the Forest

Article: Forests: a new view. (conservation)(includes related ...
American Forests;  September 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... emphasize long-term forest ecosystem health. While ... constitutes sustainable forest management abound, all ... this basic principle: Forests should be managed to ... who are dependent on a forest, especially local communities, must be part of the decisions and ...

Article: FOREST PLAN WON'T GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GO.(Editorial)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Congress passed the National Forest Management Act in 1976 ... fights about the national forests were about timber, mining ... new law required the Forest Service to plan, publicly ... resources of the national forests, not just timber. The law requires the Forest Service to prepare a ...

Transcript: FOREST SERVICE MAPS OF FOREST CONDITIONS:DR. ANN ...
Congressional Testimony;  February 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, in conjunction with ... cover type maps of National Forest System lands. These forests are characterized by a historic ... condition of our nation's forests. The Forest Service is dealing aggressively ...

Article: Forest Service
Earth Explorer;      700+ words ... ... Congress require the Forest Service to manage the national forests for what is called ... cut in the national forests. They criticized the Forest Service for allowing ... the publicly owned forests were considered mainly as forest reserves, timberlands ...

Transcript: FOREST SERVICE MAPS OF FOREST CONDITIONS:JOEL ...
Congressional Testimony;  February 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... active management of our forests to keep them healthy ... as well as manage our forest for water quality, wildlife ... out there. Some are part of natural cycles, some ... totally eliminated, forests can be managed to minimize ... management to keep the forest healthy, vigorous and ...

Article: Forests.
Science Weekly;  March 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... up an even longer forest food chain. Scientists ... systems to divide forests into groups. Sometimes ... Forest A tropical forest is a beautiful array ... insects. These forests, found near the ... Wonderland in a Boreal Forest Boreal forests are noted for extremely ...

Article: FORESTS: LUMBER, LANDFILL OR LIVING LEGACY?
Roanoke Times & World News;  November 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... For example, parts of Big Schloss ... identified by the Forest Service, will ... wilderness, is part of an unprotected ... majestic old growth forests. According to the Forest Service's own ... old growth forests are rare or largely ...