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Southern forest resource assessment: technical report
| Author: |
Wear, D.N.; Greis, J.G., eds. |
| Date: |
2002 |
| Periodical: |
Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station; Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-53. 635 p. |
| Link: |
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/sustain/report/
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| Abstract: |
The Southern Forest Resource Assessment was initiated in 1999 as a result of concerns raised by natural resource managers, the science community, and the public regarding the status and likely future of forests in the South. These included changes to the region’s forests brought about by rapid urbanization, increasing timber demand, increasing numbers of satellite chip mills, forest pests, and changing air quality. In response to these issues, leaders of four of the region’s Federal natural resource agencies (USDA Forest Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), and the Tennessee Valley Authority, agreed to work together to provide a careful evaluation of the overall condition and ongoing changes of southern forests. State forestry and fish and wildlife agencies were invited to take part and have actively contributed to the effort. The USDA Forest Service, through the Southern Region and Southern Research Station, has provided overall leadership. |
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