Forestry

Statewide Forest Assessment 2010

Forest Sustainability Framework

Statewide Forest Plan 2004

 Ecological
Economic
Social
Urban Forests
Global Issues

Ecological

Issue/Trend Issue Code Percentage Rank
Invasive exotics A8 93 1
Sp. Declining A3 82 2
Scientific A6 79 3
Fragmentation A12 78 4
Some ecosystems rare A9 77 5
For.land increasing A2 77 6
Old forests rare A11 76 7
Forests aging/succession A1 76 8
For disturbance changing A10 76 9
Control of fire and forest composition A14 75 10
Oak regen. A4 74 11
Biodiversity info A5 73 12
Endangered sp A7 72 13
Forest fire declining A13 68 14

Economic

Issue/Trend Issue Code Percentage Rank
Mixed use B4 85 1
Demand for Forest Prod B2 84 2
Efficiency wood use B8 81 3
Demand for recreation B3 80 4
Recycling B7 79 5
Succession and forest products B1 75 6
Certification B6 69 7
Green accounting B5 64 8

Social

Issue/Trend Issue Code Percentage Rank
Private assistance C3 86 1
Public forests C9 85 2
Motorized rec C10 84 3
More forest owners C2 84 4
More trails C11 84 5
Demographics of forest owners C4 80 6
Conflicting use of forests C7 79 7
Clearcutting C8 79 8
Developmetn in fire prone C12 77 9
Large blocks industrial for C1 77 10
Less land public use C5 74 11
Stakeholder participation C6 72 12
Consumption/production C13 70 13

Urban Forests

Issue/Trend Issue Code Percentage Rank
Development increasing D2 86 1
Exotics in urban forests D4 82 2
Urbanization D1 77 3
Absentee landowners urban canopy D3 58 4

Global Issues

Issue/Trend Issue Code Percentage Rank
Exotics/ecol. Balance E2 85 1
Global demand for wood prod. E4 84 2
Forests as Carbon Sinks E3 78 3
Sustain. For. Products E5 78 4
Criteria for sust. For. E6 76 5
Warming of earth E1 53 6


Last Revised: Monday July 30 2007