Wisconsin Managed Forest Law

It is so horrible to see all of that timber go to waste. Our society depends on timber a lot and we need so much of it to produce so many useful goods. What would happen if we did not have any timber to make homes or proved some type of shelter? We would be lost and have no where to go. Prescribed burns can prevent that great loss of timber and save a lot of trees. Although one purpose of controlled burns is to curve paths for huge forest fires, they are also used to freshen up the area. If an area of trees is left untreated from prescribed burns, the sands are expected to decline in growth (Mitchell 1). Also, to ensure a healthy forest,

Question 3: Mainstream environmentalists were correct to stop Pacific Lumber from ravaging it’s timberland. Prior business practices provided ecosystem shelter for endangered species and protected virgin forest from being logged. Changes to federal

Decisions regarding environmental problems require both knowledge and values. Placing value on specific issues can be sorted into four categories of justification: utilitarian, ecological, aesthetic and moral. California Blue focuses on the interplay of environmental issues and ethics emphasizing the conflict between industry and species preservation. Timber cutting in the Northwest United States is a mainstay of the economy. Although clear cutting is not as environmentally sensitive as selective harvesting and redwood cutting, some is essential to America's continued growth and prosperity. To ban timber operations and to throw people out of work, all to preserve an endangered blue butterfly, is to test the limits and logic of ecological priorities. The national policy of preserving endangered species serves the purpose of promoting biological diversity, which if not followed might threaten the ecosystem. This national policy of species preservation is a matter of social policy balanced with the competing interests of the local economy and human needs. Under the utilitarian approach one must balance the benefits of species preservation with the detriment of stopping human activity which threatens that species or the environment in which the

The forests have an independent watchdog(?) named British Columbia’s Forest Practices Board (BCFPD). The board oversees the activities of forest companies, their private contractors, and the government on public land. The board audits randomly selected forestry companies to be audited for compliance and enforcement with forest practice requirements, audits the enforcement of the government forest practices requirements, addresses public complaints on forestry practices, and conducts special investigations on forestry issues (mr113). All the work that the BCFPD does has led to notable positive changes in BC forestry. Some of these positive changes include: Less disturbance from logging, smaller cut blocks, better logging roads and proper maintenance, and more deactivation of logging roads (mr113). While reports have noted these improvements, the board still believes that there is room for improvement. Policies and changes are continually evolving to make BC’s forest as competitive and sustainable as possible. Some of the changes that are believed to be needed include new policies for efficiency, more timber availability to smaller organizations, such as first nations or small communities to help long-term economic development, and many others(mr113).

Through strictly regulated hunting we have reintroduced and repopulated various game species into areas where they were previously wiped out due to extremely excessive hunting by settlers. In the early 1900s all of Indiana’s whitetail deer were virtually extinct. By the 1930s whitetail deer were beginning to be reintroduced into Indiana. In just 20 years after initial reintroduction the population was at a sustainable level so that regulated modern hunting programs could begin. Conservationism has been a necessity to the ecology of the United States and many other countries around the world. The U.S. Forest Service by itself manages 193 million acres of public land nationwide or roughly 8% of the total land in the United States. The management of this land would not be feasible without the funding hunters provide through licenses, tags, and stamps. The 193 million acres does not include any public recreational land on the state level. There is 2,260,380 acres of public hunting land in all the states

The state legislature has favored the ranching industry above ecology and continues to do so. Public polls “conducted by Boise State indicate that the overwhelming majority of Idahoans (nearly 70 percent) support wolf restoration” (Laverty, par. 4) and the legislature is seeking to remedy this by re-educating the public with “a balanced view of the impact of wolves on big game species, those sectors of the economy dependent upon sport hunting, livestock, domestic animals, and humans” (State, 3). Furthermore, the “cost of wolf reintroduction will be presented as a part of any public education program including direct and indirect costs” (State, 3).

Finally Since the 1990s Minnesota has witnessed an astonishing turnaround in the economic impact of its forests through a second forest revolution. Today, the

With an ever-shrinking base and the increase in their resource need, it is imperative that the nation focus our attention on conserving our rangelands for the future. This concern has become evident in recent years, and there is a pressing need to relay public concern for conservation of our natural resources into the establishment of national policy. The health of our nation is held in our soil and water resources found on rangelands. Their conservation is the responsibility of both public and private landowners. We, as a nation, must recognize that there is ultimately a cost for the conservation. But this cost is minimal in comparison to the damage to our environment if rangelands are not conserved. Therefore, as a nation, we must be willing to help the land user establish and apply long-term conservation management. There should also be consider of long-term, low-interest loans for conservation treatments and tax incentives for conservation practices (Hayenga). The USDA must adopt policies that will provide economic incentives rather than economic penalties to range conservation efforts by private land owners and

Iowa is synonymous with farmland. The name alone evokes images of cattle and a tractor plowing a field of corn. This is, however, a relatively new condition for the state since until its development a couple centuries ago, Iowa was covered in prairie and woodland. The rich soil that now enables Iowa to produce so much corn and soybeans only became rich because it grew undisturbed for thousands of years. This gave the land time to develop a network of trees, helping to retain minerals and bind the sediment together, creating nutrient-rich, compact soil. With the recent increase in deforestation, however, Iowa’s fertility is in jeopardy. During the past five years alone, ninety-seven thousand acres, or 11%, of the state’s total forests have been

I am going to discuss what clearcutting does to the eastern United State forests. Clearcutting when conducted correctly can be very beneficial to a forest. By following forestry best management practices (BMP), we can reduce the negative effects of harvesting on the forest. BMP vary from state to state. All state and federal forest land have harvesting permits that must be completed before any harvesting. In Pennsylvania to harvest any state or federal land an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan for a Timber Harvesting Operation (E&S plan) must be filled out. This document lays out the laws and regulations as well as the BMP for harvesting timber. The E&S plan gives instruction on how to construct your timber harvest from construction of bridges, roads, placement of runoff management, filter strips, erosion barriers, and even site cleanup. By following these standards we significantly reduce runoff, erosion, and pollutants in our forest and

This article talks about the Wilderness Act that was passed in 1964, the enactment of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) in 1976, and the “Wild Lands Policy” in 2010. She discusses the history of these acts and policies. The article describes how these acts and policies passed and the different litigation that came from them. The “Wild Lands Policy” is described in detail in section V. The article first describes the three ways the new “Wild Lands Policy” was to work. The first way was “it affirmed that the agency should consider wilderness values as an “integral component” of its multiple-use mission, identifying lands with wilderness characteristics (LWC) in its mandatory section 201 inventories. Second, the Policy directed BLM to use its section 202 land use planning authority to consider designating appropriate LWC as “Wild Lands,” that is, lands that the agency would protect in amended RMPs by “avoiding impairment” to their wilderness characteristics. Third, for project-level decisions in areas not yet inventoried under the new framework, the Policy instructed BLM to inventory apparent wilderness characteristics, and then discuss the proposed project’s effects to them—as well as measures to minimize those effects—in a NEPA analysis.” (Brumfield, v.44, I1) The article then describes each area in its own section, section A is Inventory, section B is Land Use Planning, and section C is Project Level Decisions. In section VI the Death and Afterlife of the Wild Lands Policy is discussed in detail. She talks about how the policy sparked immediate protest and legal challenges. In April 2011 the opposition to the “Wild Lands Policy” took full effect. There was a congressional rider put into place that prohibited the use of funds to implement the policy. Then

Attitudinal changes towards conservation within landowners is a major issue for indigenous biodiversity. For example according to (Debby, 2012) the US fails to maintain eight-hundred thousand hectares of land yearly. Which compromises of forty-four million hectares of wetlands placed on private land. Conservation policies have tried to address this issue, though regardless of positive results private landowners still decide not to tell organisations about species habitats found within their area as they are scared that their land-use opportunities will be limited (Debby, 2012). It is a key role of resource managers to help inspire conservation through the use of conservation programmes such as Networking approaches, communication and Easements. (fishburne, 2009) states that Conservation easements are commitments amongst landowners and an organisation to enhance conservation through the use of limiting development and certain land behaviour. Landowners will gain tax income benefits as an incentive. This essay will highlight factors which motivate and determine whether there is participation by landowners in conservation programmes and how resource managers can capitalise on these determinants to enhance/encourage conservation of indigenous biodiversity on private land. This paper will also examine current conservation programmes

The doubt and uncertainty that previously existed within the land management regime of the Indian Act looks to have been moved further and even provoked under the FNLMA regime due to the deficiency of sufficient protections for the interests of third parties, both present and future, and by not accommodating First Nations with clearly delivered procedures by which such assurance and stability can be obtained. For third parties, interested or seeking access to First Nations land, the FNLMA illustrates an important and essential alteration in regards to the legal environment of tenures previously relied upon by third parties on First Nation land. This

land in rapidly growing urban centers. In response to new information about rates of farmland

This review of current literature attempts to provide the context for the upcoming research and findings. Ecosystem services and Ecosystem-based Management (EBM) will be discussed. The definitions, current methods, benefits, limitations, and challenges will be discussed. The literature review will discuss the unresolved issues or current challenges.