 America's Forests: 1994 Health UpdateForest Service No 309711, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Abstract: Excerpt from the report Introduction: About one-third of our Nation's land area is forested. These forests provide us with a wealth of economic, social, and environmental benefits. Healthy forests are forests capable of sustaining these benefits into the future. Yet, a healthy forest is not a static forest or one without dead and dying trees. Rather, forests are constantly changing as a result of natural forces, such as insects, disease, weather, fire, and human activities that affect them directly or indirectly. When these changes occur at a rate or in a direction that threaten the values we place on the forests, forest health concerns arise. This report highlights forest health concerns that the USDA Forest Service is closely watching at this time because of their current or potential ecological, economic, and social significance. In cooperation with State Foresters and others, the Forest Service is undertaking special management or research efforts to address many of these concerns. Keywords: Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersab:309711 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC. |
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