Promote Holistic Effective Management of Forested Parcels (NA-97-0283)

This project produced an education program that promotes an ecological, economic and sociological approach to understanding and managing natural resources located in or near populated areas.

Holistic Forest Management in the Urban-Rural Interface is an education program that promotes an ecological, economic and sociological approach to understanding and managing natural resources located in or near populated areas. The program includes: (1) resources management education for policy makers, local planners and those involved in community-level planning, and (2) natural resources education targeting homeowners living on 1 to 10 acres. Target audiences include: forestland owners with less than ten acres, families, community-level policy makers and planners, natural resource professionals, non-profit organizations and the general public. The education programs and associated publications are in the public domain and are designed for easy adaptation by other states.

Project Objectives:

The principal goal of this project will be generating sound information about natural resource planning and management using a holistic approach and getting the appropriate information into the hands of municipal leaders, property owners and natural resource professionals.

The project will produce the following:

Master resource guide,

Holistic informational booklet,

Brochure to engage property owners, and

Statewide workshops.

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