Environmental issues in Pacific Northwest forest management / Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management--Northwest, Pacific.

Forest management.

Forests and forestry--Northwest, Pacific.

Forests and forestry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

People are demanding more of the goods, services, and amenities provided by the forests of the Pacific Northwest, but the finiteness of the supply has become clear. This issue involves complex questions of biology, economics, social values, community life, and federal intervention. Forests of the Pacific Northwest explains that economic and aesthetic benefits can be sustained through new approaches to management, proposes general goals for forest management, and discusses strategies for achieving them. Recommendations address restoration of damaged areas, management for multiple uses, dispute resolution, and federal authority. The volume explores the market role of Pacific Northwest wood products and looks at the implications if other regions should be expected to make up for reduced timber harvests. The book also reviews the health of the forested ecosystems of the region, evaluating the effects of past forest use patterns and management practices. It discusses the biological importance, social significance, and management of old-growth as well as late-succession forests. This volume will be of interest to public officials, policymakers, the forest products industry, environmental advocates, researchers, and concerned residents.

Contents:

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOREST MANAGEMENT

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PREFACE

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THE REGION

THE DYNAMICS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES

THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS

OLD-GROWTH FORESTS

FOREST PRODUCTS SUBSTITUTION

FOREST MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES

FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE

RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS

1 THE PROMISED LAND: THE LAND OF PROMISE

INTRODUCTION

Loss of the Frontier

Changing Knowledge Base

Changing Social Values

THE STUDY AREA

OTHER MAJOR STUDIES AND REPORTS

THIS REPORT

2 THE REGION AND ITS FORESTS

A BRIEF HISTORY

DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE ECONOMY

Population Growth

Economic Implications of Population Growth

THE REGION'S FORESTS

Westside Forests

Eastside Forests

Northern Rocky Mountains

REGIONAL OWNERSHIP PATTERNS

SUMMARY

3 OLD-GROWTH FORESTS

WHAT IS VEGETATIVE SUCCESSION?

WHAT IS AN OLD-GROWTH FOREST?

Time Required for Old-Growth Development

Old-Growth Landscapes

Managed Forests and Old-Growth Characteristics

Stand Size

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF OLD-GROWTH AND LATE-SUCCESSIONAL FORESTS

Species Diversity

Logs and Woody Debris

Susceptibility to Disturbance

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

EXTENT AND STATUS OF OLD-GROWTH FORESTS

4 THE STATUS AND FUNCTIONING OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS

FOREST CONDITION

General Criteria of Condition

The Role of Biological Diversity

Resistance and Resilience

Landscape Change and Threats to Biodiversity

Diseases and Pests

Incidence of Pest and Disease Outbreaks

STATUS OF OTHER PLANT SPECIES

STATUS OF WILDLIFE

Salmon and Other Fisheries

Invertebrates

Fungi

VIABLE POPULATIONS AND THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY

Demographic Factors.

Genetic Factors

Population Viability Analysis

5 FOREST SUCCESSION, FIRE, AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS

CONCEPTS OF SUCCESSION AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS

FIRE AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS

Presettlement Fire Regimes and Successional Change

Human Alteration of Fire Regimes

NATURAL DISTURBANCE AND HUMAN MANAGEMENT: AN ECOLOGICAL COMPARISON

Landscape Considerations

Fuels

Nutrient Fluxes

Biological Diversity

6 PRODUCTS FROM THE FORESTS

PACIFIC NORTHWEST WOOD PRODUCTS IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

PRODUCTS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL TIMBER HARVESTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Increased Harvests at the Extensive Margin

Increased Harvests at the Intensive Margin

Increased Use of Hardwoods

Technology Changes

Materials Substitution

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER REGIONS

EFFECTS ON REGIONAL AND NATIONAL INCOME

CHANGE AND INCENTIVES

NONWOOD PRODUCTS FROM FORESTS

Wildlife-Related Recreation

Other Forest-Related Recreation

Fisheries

Mushrooms

Water

Effects of Changes in Management of Pacific Northwest Forests on Nonwood Products

REGIONAL ECONOMIC EFFECTS

7 FOREST MANAGEMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

RURAL ECONOMIC WELL BEING AND NATURAL-RESOURCE INDUSTRIES

TIMBER DEPENDENCY AND COMMUNITY WELL BEING

DIVERSIFICATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

IN-MIGRATION

POVERTY AND PLENTY-ANGER AND HOPE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

8 A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT

ELEMENTS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT

Land Allocation

Rationing Uses

Harvesting

Investment

Examples of forest investment

Positive and negative incentives to forest investment

MEETING THE GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT.

A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT

Operational Goals

Managing in Context and Across Scales of Space and Time

APPROACHES TO MANAGING FOR DIVERSITY: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

Reserves

Logging to Improve Forest Health

Management for Complexity and Diversity

Variability and Change

Uncertainty and Surprise

Humans as Ecosystem Components

Making Management Adaptable

Resolving Conflicts

9 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

FORESTRY PRACTICES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

WHAT IS OLD-GROWTH?

OLD-GROWTH MANAGEMENT

REFERENCES

GLOSSARY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-253).

ISBN:

9786610193080

9780309176156

0309176158

9781280193088

1280193085

9780309568852

0309568854

9780585335759

0585335753

OCLC:

613360190