Forestry

Division of Forestry Strategic Direction

Statewide Forest Strategy 2010

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Forest Sustainability Framework

Statewide Forest Plan 2004

C13. Trend/Issue: Consumption patterns are not linked to production


Comment #: 1
Just WHERE are you going to get the fiber? California? (This is a joke)


Comment #: 2
Education about recyling is necessary, not more logging.


Comment #: 3
People must realize that we have to manage our natural resources.


Comment #: 4
Urbanites need to know where it comes from


Comment #: 5
Teach them not to be so wasteful and so material minded, but to learn to appreciate nature's beauty.


Comment #: 6
I don't see the polarization you are describing.


Comment #: 7
There is too much consumption especially regarding paper products - junk mail, etc.


Comment #: 8
People are being forced to consume more than they normally would, through mailings. Advocacy for regulation on junk(?) mail?


Comment #: 9
State and national forestry officials need to work in this together.


Comment #: 10
actually a small minority


Comment #: 11
Need to get people to see the connection - this is a key issue!


Comment #: 12
VERY!!


Comment #: 13
We need to better inform the public on what products come from the forest and the good job we're doing managing these forests


Comment #: 14
We've got too many "over-enthused" environmentalists!


Comment #: 15
Another reason to establish dedicated forestry product zones.


Comment #: 16
We need to USE less


Comment #: 17
Economic principles will insure balance.


Comment #: 18
Don't cave in to those bone heads. Also need more research in alternate materials.


Comment #: 19
Educate people!


Comment #: 20
Since private industrial lands provide all the more reason that the state public lands should not.


Comment #: 21
See B-2


Comment #: 22
Hemp for paper alternative housing materials.


Comment #: 23
Educate the "greenies."


Comment #: 24
USFS red tape of ES, etc has nearly shut them down


Comment #: 25
Educate, educate, educate.


Comment #: 26
Come up with some more programs for planting trees including hardwoods and encourage landowners with open land to plant trees.


Comment #: 27
We will regret exporting our livlihoods to foreign bananna republics


Comment #: 28
When timber industry is done explointing WI they'll have to go elsewhere.


Comment #: 29
Tell the activist to live in a tent and stoping reading papers.


Comment #: 30
Very true - Elaborate


Comment #: 31
You ever see the vest forests in Ontario??


Comment #: 32
education


Comment #: 33
We need more forest products industry in WI.


Comment #: 34
But what do you think you can do about it. Americans want to consume like banshees in a 'pristine' environment - and the media encourages it.


Comment #: 35
Americans use an excessive amount of natural resources without any conciense of the effects. IT's time to recycle more and use alternative wood products.


Comment #: 36
We need to start taking more responsibility for sustainability.


Comment #: 37
We need to be ? about what forests can provide for us.


Comment #: 38
Public sector can help stimulate technology and demand for production of products that require the least ecological (including energy) costs or sacrifices.


Comment #: 39
We still waste - throw away wood - check the "free" wood pallets and bldg teardowns that are largely landfilled and burned.


Comment #: 40
Buy local - not foreign!


Comment #: 41
Not in a forest plan statewide.


Comment #: 42
Needs to be a stronger I & E Program.


Comment #: 43
This is the problem, but I worry that you get bogged down and let management of existing resources slip.


Comment #: 44
Need to replant and clear cut to encourage growth of timber but cut 100' away from roadways.


Comment #: 45
Educate more young people about forests and stress. They are a ? natural resource and are growing well if managed property - also use or lose if not harvested when ready. Lose to wind and rot windfall.


Comment #: 46
Clash between consumption and rotection a "catch 22."


Comment #: 47
Supply vs. demand - let it play out.


Comment #: 48
Not good - too much government set aside.


Comment #: 49
Down the road we'll be happy if we don't five our forests away to consumption demands.


Comment #: 50
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Comment #: 51
Fiber crops such as hemp should be encouraged to reduce use of forest products. Also recycling and reusing materials would help. Get away from the consumer society.


Comment #: 52
Lets stress recycling


Comment #: 53
Not sure how you "address" this issue other than to comment upon it.


Comment #: 54
Let the market place determine


Comment #: 55
That problem is solved in the free market by price, not forest plans!


Comment #: 56
bemore efficient


Comment #: 57
I Have already voiced my concern over using forest products from other countries where NO management practices are used.


Comment #: 58
Free Markets Free Trade FREEDOM


Comment #: 59
Educate


Comment #: 60
Are we talking about public forest land? The lumber companys should be allowed to log as they see fit on their own land as long as they replant. National and county forests were intended to raise trees for harvests too but not the state forests.


Comment #: 61
Leave this to other organizations


Comment #: 62
Very Important


Comment #: 63
Do things to encourage private tree farming. Keep the land use assessment below that of pasture.


Comment #: 64
Not a question - too vague


Comment #: 65
Again - we need to educate the public to increase recycling and better planning of harvesting our mature trees.


Comment #: 66
Food & Drug


Comment #: 67
Maybe the price of raw wood should increase. Consumption would then decrease.


Comment #: 68
The meat in the market comes from the cow on the farm. The paper on the roll in the bathroom comes from the popple on the hill. These lessons need to be taught with gretaer clarity.


Comment #: 69
The meat in the market comes from the cow on the farm. The paper on the roll in the bathroom comes from the popple on the hill. These lessons need to be taught with gretaer clarity.


Comment #: 70
There isn't a tree hugger out there that doesn't wipe his or her backside with paper. Somehow, educate people to form the link.


Comment #: 71
We cannot lock up our forests!! Educate people on forest products and consumption. We can't over-consume and ruin third-world countries resources!!


Comment #: 72
The vast majority of people, many of whom would classify themselves as environmentalists, fail to make the connection between their lifestyle and the resulting demand for and consumption of raw materials and resources.


Comment #: 73
I've caught more than one "environmentalist" on this subject while sitting on their deck made of white cedar.


Comment #: 74
Again, lack of education. People can't assume that the forests here in wisconsin are just for their recreational pleasure. The need to know how much needs to be harvested to meet their wood product needs.


Comment #: 75
Again public education as to where the products are derived from is essential. Beef comes from the cow not the Piggly Wiggly;likewise paper comes from the tree not Fort Howard directly.


Comment #: 76
Consumers do not understand the cause and effect of their decisions. This education need should be mentioned in the state plan as a problem, but should be addressed separately, and maybe by the forest industry or consumer environmental groups.


Comment #: 77
I think this is definitely an area that needs to be looked at. I think some people think that if it is not coming out of local resources then it is not a problem to consume the resource.


Comment #: 78
An educational component of the plan must address this important issue.


Comment #: 79
Consumers need to be educated in where consumer products come from and how proper forest mangagement is not destructive to the forest.


Comment #: 80
People need to be made aware that shifting harvesting to other countries is not the answer as many of these 3rd world countries will not practice sustainable forestry and even though it allows for more pristine areas in the U.S., globally it is a detriment. We can harvest more here if done in a managed way and still allow for use by many different suitors.


Comment #: 81
The plan should include strategies for increasing education, both in grade school on up, even to the adult public.


Comment #: 82
Again, I get burned when I hear these arguements from our "ignorant" public. They want more and more, but, "don't cut any trees in my area". They don't care if we decimate the rainforest, or practice terrible logging practices in some other part of the world, as long as no trees are cut in their "back yard".


Comment #: 83
I do not understand this issue.


Comment #: 84
Also delayed harvest can also increase the potential value of Wisconsin forests with shortened supply.


Comment #: 85
This should be our primary area of focus in the plan.


Comment #: 86
By far the largest single problem facing forest management in the U.S. today.


Comment #: 87
NIMBY, NIMBY, NIMBY Nothing more to say!


Comment #: 88
this is a big part of the education which needs to occur before public (and many professionals) can engage in meaningful debate


Comment #: 89
reuse, recycle, reduce


Comment #: 90
I like the phrase: How do we maintain environmental quality while also meeting the needs of a more affluent society and a growing world population?


Comment #: 91
Develop a logo program that IDs locally made forest products.


Comment #: 92
balance!??


Comment #: 93
Again, education. Just because it's not happening here, dosn't mean it's not happening. The public needs to understand that they're the reason why these practices are occuring, and until they do something about their consumption patterns, the trend will continue.


Comment #: 94
Again, education. Just because it's not happening here, dosn't mean it's not happening. The public needs to understand that they're the reason why these practices are occuring, and until they do something about their consumption patterns, the trend will continue.


Comment #: 95
people need to be made aware of the link between consumption and where the resource comes from


Comment #: 96
Let's walk the talk and reduce our consumption. Government agencies could assist in this by providing funding to local communities to promote sustainable lifestyles.


Comment #: 97
Education is important.


Comment #: 98
People need to remember where the products they use come from.

Many truely believe that they come from the store, not from the forest.


Comment #: 99
but how


Comment #: 100
This is a thinking error that cannot be corrected in the forest planning process.


Comment #: 101
These changing consummmer habits etc. need to be considered in forecasting efforts and then planning efforts.


Comment #: 102
This is why recycling and efficiency of production and use is so important.


Comment #: 103
We need to educate and mobilize the informed.


Comment #: 104
Education...


Comment #: 105
the words "global economy" come to mind.


Comment #: 106
And shifting harvest to different ownerships with less overall managemtn


Comment #: 107
More environmental damage occurs as a result of timber harvesting in other countries where logging is not regulated as occurs here in the U.S. where logging is regulated. Just because the environmental damage is not occurring in our back yard does'nt mean we should not consider it. With education and proper management of our timber resources, we can provide for our needs and help people understand and accept the importance of timber management.


Comment #: 108
Harvest of trees ahould require reforestation!


Comment #: 109
I think that shifting the harvest to different parts of the world is a good idea. This will help other nations by us buying products for them while we are saving our forests.


Comment #: 110
It is hypocritical and wrong to smugly save "our" forests while maintaining a wasteful lifestyle that destroys someone else's forest. Free trade may excerbate the disconnect between our ideolistic values and our rapacious consumption of resources. The public needs help to "connect the dots." A biosphere is a terrible thing to waste.


Comment #: 111
It is hypocritical and wrong to smugly save "our" forests while maintaining a wasteful lifestyle that destroys someone else's forest. Free trade may excerbate the disconnect between our ideolistic values and our rapacious consumption of resources. The public needs help to "connect the dots." A biosphere is a terrible thing to waste.


Comment #: 112
Why isn't there much better forest management on private land? I would pay higher taxes to force private landowners into a much greater degree of management for timber production and recreation - particularly of the motorized kind to keep it out of public property. Maybe we need a more progressive tax policy.


Comment #: 113
Why isn't there much better forest management on private land? I would pay higher taxes to force private landowners into a much greater degree of management for timber production and recreation - particularly of the motorized kind to keep it out of public property. Maybe we need a more progressive tax policy.


Comment #: 114
Why isn't there much better forest management on private land? I would pay higher taxes to force private landowners into a much greater degree of management for timber production and recreation - particularly of the motorized kind to keep it out of public property. Maybe we need a more progressive tax policy.


Comment #: 115
Again, are the consumers qualified to make those natural resource management decisions?


Comment #: 116
Totally agree, see previous comment.


Comment #: 117
We must consume less and recycle more. And we must not be hypocrites that hug trees at home while buying their sacrifice elsewhere. Wisconsin's forests must be healthy along with forests in other regions and nations. We need "closed loop" disclosure of where our products come from, and at what environmental costs. See the earlier reply regarding the need for "green accounting".


Comment #: 118
out of bounds, it would seem


Comment #: 119
Educate the public on the number of trees or acres that are used to make specific forest products such as a ream of paper and a desk. Promote products made with recycled materials (paper and plastic).


Comment #: 120
Education! Look for new ways to bring this connection into public awareness.




Comment #: 121
Economic demands should be secondary to ecosystem demands on our public forest land and the market will eventually cause an increase in forest product costs at the consumer level if consumption remains the same. Our harvesting processes should not be determined by demand if any ecological principles are threatend.


Comment #: 122
I shake my head at those with the "no mining" or "save the forest" bumper stickers (on their cars, made of material from mines, which park in their garages, cut from forests!)

Not in my backyard must be stifled. We must manage what we have around us before we can claim to be responsible.


Comment #: 123
we need to make conservation a main goal for both forest products and energy


Last Revised: Monday July 30 2007