Forest management

change are deteriorating our national forests. Drier summers and wetter winters are already affecting regions in the West, causing projections for forest fires to increase in severity, frequency, and scale. Forest fire management policies have changed throughout history, but recently policies have shifted away from suppression in order to allow for the natural environment to go through the stages of succession. With the changing climate and uncertainty of forest fires, policies need to develop new…

Forests cover a third of all land on Earth, providing vital organic infrastructure for some of the planet's densest, most diverse collections of life. They support countless species as well as 1.6 billion human livelihoods, yet humans are also responsible for 32 million acres of deforestation every year. Why are forests so important?? 1. They help us breathe Forests pump out the oxygen we need to live and absorb the carbon dioxide we exhale (or emit). Just one adult leafy tree can produce as…

LEADERSHIP In 1888, Frederick Law Olmsted was hired by George Washington Vanderbilt to work on the grounds of Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, which is now the Pisgah National Forest. During this time, Olmsted formulated the first program of forest management. In 1892, Olmsted hired a trained forester by the name of Gifford Pinchot to help him create a comprehensive forest management plan. Under the Olmsted’s guidance, Pinchot carried out the Biltmore Working Plan, which had three…

and preservation of Australian forests and ecosystems. Being the current Minister for Resources and representative of Queensland, I understand the importance of preserving the full strength of this bill, as it targets key rural areas, and establishes robust economic development in those constituencies hardest hit by the global financial crisis. Sustainable development is what is at the heart of this act with one of the key provisions of the act being the commitment to increasing plantation…

With this degree you can start your forestry career as a Forest or Conservation Technician. Forest Technicians really jump right into the essentials of what it takes to be a Forest Ranger. Forest Rangers require years of experience in the field, and that is exactly what being a Forest Technician is all about. Forest Technicians work directly under the supervision of Conservation Scientists to study wildlife conservation techniques, combat disease, and minimalize insect damage to forestlands.…

The effect of Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study of Liberia’s Vast Rain forest Liberia is located in West Africa and is comprised of vast natural resources which include areas of one of Africa’s largest rainforest which is interconnected to the forests of neighboring countries. Agricultural activities, including; both legal and illegal logging, settlement urbanization and mining, to name a few, continue to negatively contribute to causing deforestation. This process often leads to…

After ten thousand years of use, wood supplies have been slowly withering to what they are today. It has been difficult to accurately project just how much damage we have done to the world’s forests, but it is roughly estimated that humans have cut, cleared, and burned 46% of the approximate 15 billion acres of original forest cover (Bryant 13); at this rate, considering the rise of computer integrated machinery and our recent boom in population, we will be at half the total amount of trees…

Food and Agriculture Organization, an estimated 16 million acres of forest are being lost each year globally to deforestation (FAO 5). Contributing factors include agricultural expansion, logging, development, and other human activities. In order to put this into perspective, the World Wildlife Fund describes this as an equivalent to forty-eight football fields of forest being lost every minute (WWF 1). This is alarming, because even though for many of us, major forest systems seem as though…

On the Adirondack Trip, a nice man named Paul discussed how they were managing their forests. Their forest tree species composition has been changing with sugar maple trees were becoming less abundant. This is partly caused by beech trees outcompeting the maples due to the stressor of beech bark disease. When a beech tree is affected by the disease, the stressor stimulates the tree to respond through the production of root suckers. These root suckers, which are genetic clones of their parent…

of general disruption of a forest ecosystem that occurs when trees are cut on a large scale. It also refers to any process that alters an original tree covers, which includes felling of all trees on a site, thinning a forest and setting bush on fire. Trees are cut down by people for various reasons, for example trees are cut down to be used or sold as fuel in the form of charcoal and sometimes it can be used as pastures for livestock , building of houses and settlements etc. The removal of…