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Forestry's hotseat: The urban/forest interface
| Author: |
Vaux, Henry J. |
| Date: |
1982 |
| Periodical: |
American Forests |
| Abstract: |
Foresters who practice their profession in the old, traditional manner may be missing the boat. The new method for practicing forestry, according to Henry Vaux, must include new components: Communication and negotiation with people and political entities. This article is excerpted from a paper given by Dr. Vaux for a Cooperative Extension/Society of American Foresters short course in Santa Cruz, California, November 1981. This is the second in a series of articles about urban-forestry topics. In the march issue of American Forests, Henry DeBruin’s article “Urban and Community Forestry: The Time is Now” explained the formation of the National Urban and Community Forest Leaders Council, and outlined AFA’s commitment to natural-resources management in urban environments. AFA will host the Second national Urban Forestry Conference, to be held concurrently with the AFA Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, in October of this year. In summary the urban/forest interface describes the environment in which today’s important forestry decisions are being made. It is an environment in which political factors are at least equal in importance to technical ones in determining how forestry will be practiced. What it really boils down to is that the forestry profession needs to develop skills for dealing with people to add to the skills used for dealing with trees. Trees, for all their beauty and myriad values, neither communicate nor negotiate as well as people. |
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