Forestry

Statewide Forest Assessment 2010

Forest Sustainability Framework

Statewide Forest Plan 2004

 Ecological
Economic
Social
Urban Forests
Global Issues

Ecological

Issue/Trend Issue Code Occurrence Rank
Invasive exotics A8 609 1
Fragmentation A12 500 2
Biodiversity info A5 337 3
Sp. Declining A3 300 4
Endangered sp A7 283 5
Old forests rare A11 259 7
Oak regen. A4 259 6
Scientific A6 233 8
Some ecosystems rare A9 219 9
Forests aging/succession A1 176 10
For disturbance changing A10 163 11
Control of fire and forest composition A14 124 12
For.land increasing A2 92 13
Forest fire declining A13 68 14

Economic

Issue/Trend Issue Code Occurrence Rank
Demand for recreation B3 364 1
Mixed use B4 356 2
Demand for Forest Prod B2 326 3
Green accounting B5 242 4
Recycling B7 237 5
Certification B6 230 6
Succession and forest products B1 222 7
Efficiency wood use B8 132 8

Social

Issue/Trend Issue Code Occurrence Rank
Motorized rec C10 580 1
Private assistance C3 572 2
More forest owners C2 398 3
Clearcutting C8 372 4
Large blocks industrial for C1 311 5
Conflicting use of forests C7 302 6
Less land public use C5 294 7
Public forests C9 278 8
Demographics of forest owners C4 254 9
More trails C11 244 10
Consumption/production C13 176 11
Developmetn in fire prone C12 157 12
Stakeholder participation C6 128 13

Urban Forests

Issue/Trend Issue Code Occurrence Rank
Development increasing D2 448 1
Urbanization D1 291 2
Exotics in urban forests D4 249 3
Absentee landowners urban canopy D3 127 4

Global Issues

Issue/Trend Issue Code Occurrence Rank
Exotics/ecol. Balance E2 324 1
Forests as Carbon Sinks E3 200 2
Sustain. For. Products E5 199 3
Criteria for sust. For. E6 172 4
Global demand for wood prod. E4 168 5
Warming of earth E1 149 6


Last Revised: Monday July 30 2007