Forested Landscapes in Perspective Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests (1998) / Chapter Skim
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3 Forest Values and Benefits
3 Forest Values and Benefits
Pages 32-41
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However, with the exception of data on Native American forests, there is little information that directly links these benefits to nonfederal forests on a national scale. For all forest ownerships in the United States, the U.S.
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FOREST VALUES AND BENEFITS ~ Logging and sawmills 111 Millwork and veneer 1111 Wood containers IO Wood buildings, mobile homes 1~ Misc wood products · Pulp mills ~ Paper mills [21 Paperboard mills 1~ Paperboard containers and boxes I:] Converted paper and paperboard products Source: U.S.
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Forest Service had 31,135 permanent and excepted conditional employees on its payroll as of September 30, 1995. When seasonal and other types of employees are added, total USDA Forest Service employment in that year was the equivalent of full-time employment for 38,330 individuals (USDA Forest Service 1996b)
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Southern timber harvest is expected to rise sharply in response to harvest reductions on Western public lands. Of special concern is the anticipated temporary reduction in harvestable acres on nonindustrial private forests between 2000 and 2010 the result of sharply reduced planting and accelerated loss of nonindustrial forestland to nonforest uses in the 1970s; this activity did not occur on Southern industrial forestlands.
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Currently, more than 450 special forest products in 18 categories are harvested from American forests (USDA Forest Service 1993~. In the Northeast, for example, the gathering of pine cones for seed or decorative purposes is common on private forestland.
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Basket weaving by Native peoples, such as the basket weavers of California, is another important example of the production of nontimber forest products. Nontimber forest products are easily identified with particular land parcels or regions of the United States.
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Medical benefits accrue from reduced stress and general improvement in public health. Psychological benefits result from the improved aesthetics of residential streets and community parks as well as from communities' enhanced sense of social identity and self-esteem, particularly in areas with active community involvement in tree-planting programs (Kaplan 1995a,b)
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Public lands, including nonfederal public forestlands, are expected to become relatively more important for big-game hunting and cold water fishing, assuming that access remains generally unrestricted and free. Hunting on private forestlands for a fee is also expected to increase (USDA Forest Service 1989, 1994~.
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Approximately 90 percent of this continental storage capacity is provided by timberland 55 percent in nonindustrial private forests and 15 percent in industrial forests. Between 1987 and 2000, nonindustrial private timberland is projected to sequester an average of 61 million metric tons of carbon annually in living trees and understory vegetation.
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Nonfederal forests provide a wide variety of benefits to the nation' s citizens. These include employment and income opportunities, timber and wood products, nontimber forest products, urban and community benefits, recreational opportunities, and ecological benefits.
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