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Policy implications of timberland loss, fragmentation, and urbanization in Georgia and the Southeast
| Author: |
Harris, Tom; DeForest, Christopher |
| Date: |
1993 |
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In: Wear, D.N., ed. Proceedings of the 1993 Southern Forest Economics Workshop; 1993 April 21-23; Durham, NC |
| Abstract: |
Timberland in metro areas (MSAs) in the Southeast declined by over a million acres during the 1980s, and now accounts for 28 million acres, or 26 percent of the region's total. Marked differences exist between metro and non-metro timberland, in terms of acreage change, values, CRP tree planting, and burning permits for forest management and land clearing. FIA data on Georgia timberland show rapid fragmentation of large stands, particularly among NIPF owners and in the natural pine and bottomland hardwood types. Urbanization, fragmentation and shrinking stand size will escalate harvesting costs; effects on biodiversity and land allocation are mixed. |
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