Private forests, public benefits : increased housing density and other pressures on private forest contributions / Susan M. Stein [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Stein, Susan M.

Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)

Series:

General technical report PNW ; 795.

Forests on the Edge report

General technical report PNW ; 795

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Environmental aspects--United States.

Land use.

Forests and forestry--Environmental aspects--United States.

Forests and forestry.

Urbanization--Environmental aspects--United States.

Urbanization.

Housing development--Environmental aspects--United States.

Housing development.

Forest policy--United States.

Forest policy.

Forests and forestry--Environmental aspects.

Housing development--Environmental aspects.

Land use--Environmental aspects.

Urbanization--Environmental aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Place of Publication:

Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2009]

Summary:

Over half (56 percent) of America's private forests are privately owned and provide a vast array of public goods and services, such as clean water, timber, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities. These critical benefits are being affected by increased housing density in areas across the country. This report estimates that housing density will increase on more than 57 million acres of America's private rural forests from 2000 to 2030. In many areas, the impacts of increased housing density are likely to be exacerbated by additional threats such as wildfire, insect pests and diseases, and air pollution.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (viewed Aug. 16, 2010).

"December 2009."

"A forests on the edge report"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-65).

Other Format:

Print version: Private forests, public benefits

OCLC:

656318592