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Problems in the urbanized forest.
| Author: |
Walt, Harold R. |
| Date: |
1986 |
| Periodical: |
The Christian Science Monitor |
| Abstract: |
There's something new on the American scene these days: the rural forest is becoming urbanized. In every part of the United States, the massive move of people from cities to the countryside in recent years has produced a great population of exurbanites living in hundreds of thousands of homes and summer cabins scattered through our rural forests. These people bring with them an urban perception of the forest world that often clashes with that of the tree farmers who own those woods. It's causing tough political problems that will require hard work and understanding to resolve. The newcomers frequently see forestry operations, especially timber harvests, as despoiling the very scenery that attracted them to the area. So they organize to pressure thier local counties and municipalities to regulate - or even prevent - those operations. |
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