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  1. Senator Craig's Public Lands Management Imporvement Act of 1997

    There are currently some 50 bills before the US Congress that deal with forestry. Among the most important of these is the one introduced on October 3, 1997, by Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID). This bill, S 1253, titled the Public Lands Management Improvement Act of 1997, would have far-reaching effects on the national forests and multiple-use public lands.

    Author(s):
    Joseph E. de Steiguer
    Year:
    1998
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Journal of Forestry. Vol. 96. No. 9 pgs. 7-9

  2. Applying the ecosystem services concept to public land management

    We examine challenges and opportunities involved in applying ecosystem services to public land management with an emphasis on national forests in the United States. We review historical forest management paradigms and related economic approaches, outline a conceptual framework defining the informational needs of forest managers, and consider the feasibility of its...

    Author(s):
    Jeffrey D. Kline; Marisa J. Mazzota; Thomas A. Spies; Mark E. Harmon
    Year:
    2013
    Keywords:
    landscape analysis, national forest planning and management, public benefits
    Source:
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 42(1): 139-158

  3. Monitoring the Relationship Between the Public and Public Lands: Application to Wilderness Stewardship in the U.S.

    Stakeholders in wilderness, and other public lands, have varying opinions on how well the land management agencies reflect their values and respond to their needs in management, and they therefore vary in their level of commitment and attachment to these places and the activities that occur there. Establishing baseline measures and monitoring indicators of the...

    Author(s):
    Alan Watson; William Borrie
    Year:
    2006
    Keywords:
    monitoring, assessment, sustainability, Western Hemisphere, sustainable management, ecosystem resources, wilderness stewardship, public lands
    Source:
    In: Aguirre-Bravo, C.; Pellicane, Patrick J.; Burns, Denver P.; and Draggan, Sidney, Eds. 2006. Monitoring Science and Technology Symposium: Unifying Knowledge for Sustainability in the Western Hemisphere Proceedings RMRS-P-42CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 287-293

  4. Building stewardship with recreation users: an approach of market segmentation to meet the goal of public-lands management

    Participation in outdoor recreation has been increasing at a rate far exceeding the population growth since the 1980s. The growing demand for outdoor recreation amenities has imposed a great challenge on resource management agencies of public lands. This study proposed a segmentation framework to identify different outdoor recreation groups based on their attitudes...

    Author(s):
    Po-Hsin Lai; Chia-Kuen Cheng; David Scott
    Year:
    2007
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Burns, R.; Robinson, K., comps. Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 2006 April 9-11; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-14. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 356-361.

  5. Lake States natural resource managers' perspectives on forest land parcelization and its implications for public land management

    Field-based public natural resource managers in the Lake States (MI, MN, WI) were surveyed for theirperspectives on various aspects of private forest land parcelization. This includes their perceptions ofrecent changes in parcelization activity, drivers and impacts, mitigation strategies, and ability to influenceparcelization. Their perspectives on the implications...

    Author(s):
    Michael A. Kilgore; Stephanie A. Snyder
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Public forest land management, Private forest land ownership, Subdivision, Parcellation, Fragmentation
    Source:
    Land Use Policy. 59: 320-328.

  6. A mental model of science informed by public lands managers: Increasing the chances for management based on science

    Some federal public lands have been legally protected as “wilderness areas” since 1964 in the US. A federal science program evolved first in response to a novel public lands management concept, and subsequently in response to new issues that emerged both as society changed and more knowledge about social and ecological values of wilderness accumulated. Wilderness...

    Author(s):
    Alan E. Watson; Christopher A. Armatas
    Year:
    2017
    Keywords:
    science planning, wilderness, manager survey, sustainable management
    Source:
    Journal of Contemporary Management. 8(4): Article ID: 1929-0128-2017-04-01-17.

  7. Local public priorities and preferences for public land management in the Northern Region

    Local land managers are tasked with balancing the needs and preferences of local and national publics. This report provides a snapshot of preferences for local public land management and the demographics of communities within 50 miles of U.S. national forests and grasslands in the Northern Region of the U.S. Forest Service. This information is important for managers...

    Author(s):
    Rebecca Rasch; Sarah McCaffrey
    Year:
    2019
    Keywords:
    forest management preferences, public engagement, forest management priorities, forest planning, social sustainability, social impact analysis, social monitoring
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-400. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 96 p.

  8. Effects of invasive plants on public land management of pinyon-juniper woodlands in Arizona

    After a short discussion of terminology used in the fairly new discipline of weed science, specific examples are given to illustrate effects of invasive plants on recreation and scenic values, biodiversity, forage for domestic animals and wildlife, soil stability, fire hazard and frequency, maintenance costs for roads and highways, property values, and funding for...

    Author(s):
    Patti Fenner
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    Pinon-juniper and juniper woodlands, ponderosa pine forests, ecology, management, restoration, southwestern United States
    Source:
    In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Shaw, John D.; Ford, Paulette L., compilers. 2008. Ecology, management, and restoration of pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops. Proceedings RMRS-P-51. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 113-120

  9. Ecosystem services and public land management [Chapter 5.3]

    The concept of ecosystem services connects the activity of environmental and natural resource management to desired outcomes of human economic utility, social well-being, and cultural health. A desire for mutual sustainability between human interests and ecological cycles is inherent in the ecosystem services approach (Patterson 2014). The complex network of...

    Author(s):
    David Flores; Emily R. Haire
    Year:
    2020
    Keywords:
    Lassen National Forest, Modoc National Forest, Northeastern California, forest planning, community engagement, socioeconomic resilience, ponderosa pine, western juniper, sagebrush rangeland, wildfire, wildlife, ecosystem restoration, climate change, disturbances
    Source:
    In: Dumroese, R. K.; Moser, W. K., eds. Northeastern California plateaus bioregion science synthesis. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-409. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 142-161.

  10. Integrating tribes and culture Into public land management [Chapter 5.5]

    Many of the cultural traditions practiced by Native Americans were channeled from or associated with their experiences with the natural world. These traditions, in turn, served to inform land management practices that effectively maintained a sustainable ecological balance among people and land for thousands of years. Today, many Native Americans find it difficult to...

    Author(s):
    David Flores; Gregory Russell
    Year:
    2020
    Keywords:
    Lassen National Forest, Modoc National Forest, Northeastern California, forest planning, community engagement, socioeconomic resilience, ponderosa pine, western juniper, sagebrush rangeland, wildfire, wildlife, ecosystem restoration, climate change, disturbances
    Source:
    In: Dumroese, R. K.; Moser, W. K., eds. Northeastern California plateaus bioregion science synthesis. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-409. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 177-185.

  11. A research strategy for enhancing sustainable recreation and tourism on public lands

    Recreation and tourism on public lands benefit visitors through improved health, enjoyable experiences, and enrichment from our natural and cultural heritage. Public land managers play a critical role by providing opportunities for high-quality outdoor experiences while protecting ecosystems, recognizing cultural and historical connections, sustaining local economies,...

    Author(s):
    Lee K. Cerveny; Monika M. Derrien; Anna B. Miller
    Year:
    2020
    Keywords:
    Recreation, tourism, sustainability, public land management, applied research.
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-991. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 102 p.

  12. An assessment of frameworks useful for public land recreation planning.

    Public land managers are confronted with an ever-growing and diversifying set of demands for providing recreation opportunities. Coupled with a variety of trends (devolution of governance and decisionmaking, population growth, technological innovation, shifts in public values, economic restructuring) and reduced organizational capacity, these demands represent a...

    Author(s):
    Stephen F. McCool; Roger N. Clark; George Stankey
    Year:
    2007
    Keywords:
    Recreation frameworks, planning, ROS, LAC, VERP, VIM, BBM
    Source:
    Gen. Tech Rep. PNW-GTR-705. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 125 p

  13. Visual simulations of forest wildlife habitat structure, change, and landscape context in New England

    Visualization is a powerful tool for depicting projections of forest structure and landscape conditions, for communicating habitat management practices, and for providing a landscape context to private landowners and to those concerned with public land management. Recent advances in visualization technology, especially in graphics quality, ease of use, and relative...

    Author(s):
    Richard M. DeGraaf; Anna M. Lester; Mariko Yamasaki; William B. Leak
    Year:
    2007
    Keywords:
    forest wildlife habitat, habitat change, landscape, visualization
    Source:
    Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 24(3): 218-226.

  14. Wildland economics: theory and practice

    Since passage of the Wilderness Act, economists have derived the total economic valuation framework for estimating wildland benefits. Over the same time period, policies adopted by public land management agencies have been slow to internalize wilderness economics into management decisions. The lack of spatial resolution and modeler bias associated with the FORPLAN...

    Author(s):
    Pete Morton
    Year:
    2000
    Keywords:
    wilderness, economic valuation, benefits, policy, FORPLAN
    Source:
    In: McCool, Stephen F.; Cole, David N.; Borrie, William T.; O’Loughlin, Jennifer, comps. 2000. Wilderness science in a time of change conference—Volume 2: Wilderness within the context of larger systems; 1999 May 23–27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-2. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 238-250

  15. Anticipating forest and range land development in central Oregon (USA) for landscape analysis, with an example application involving mule deer

    Forest policymakers, public lands managers, and scientists in the Pacific Northwest (USA) seek ways to evaluate the landscape-level effects of policies and management through the multidisciplinary development and application of spatially explicit methods and models. The Interagency Mapping and Analysis Project (IMAP) is an ongoing effort to generate landscape-wide...

    Author(s):
    Jeffrey D. Kline; Alissa Moses; Theresa Burcsu
    Year:
    2010
    Keywords:
    spatial land-use models, landscape change, wildland-urban interface, mule deer
    Source:
    Environmental Management. 45: 974-984

  16. Evaluating tradeoffs among ecosystem services in the management of public lands

    The U.S. Forest Service has adopted the concept and language of ecosystem services to describe the beneficial outcomes of national forest management. We review the economic theory of ecosystem services as it applies to public lands management, and consider what it implies about the types of biophysical and other data that are needed for characterizing management...

    Author(s):
    Jeffrey D. Kline; Marisa J. Mazzotta
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    Ecosystem services, landscape analysis, public benefits, nonmarket values, national forest planning and management
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-865. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 48 p

  17. Chapter 5: Rethinking “outdoor recreation” to account for the diversity of human experiences and connections to public lands

    This chapter explores the historical use and application of the term “outdoor recreation” as an organizing theme for sustainable public land management planning. We suggest that agencies need a more encompassing concept and approach to management involving people—one that recognizes the variety of connections that people have with natural and cultural landscapes,...

    Author(s):
    Dale J. Blahna; Lee K. Cerveny; Daniel R. Williams; Jeffrey D. Kline; Matthew Helmer; Stephen F. McCool; Francisco Valenzuela
    Year:
    2020
    Keywords:
    Outdoor recreation, tourism, public lands, research.
    Source:
    In: Selin, Steven; Cerveny, Lee K.; Blahna, Dale J.; Miller, Anna B., eds. 2020. Igniting research for outdoor recreation: linking science, policy, and action. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-987. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 257 p.

  18. Public lands - from concept to practice

    Intensive timber management can and is practiced on National Forest lands in the Northeast. There are, however many constraints and limitations which are placed upon the public lands manager. The key issue here is that the National Forests are PUBLIC lands which must be managed for the public.

    Author(s):
    John J. Vrablec
    Year:
    1977
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-29. Upper Darby, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 77-81

  19. Bibliography of Pacific Northwest forest soils publications through 1955.

    During the past ten years, interest and development of research in forest soils has grown steadily in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to 1946, no full-time work in forest soils was being done in the region. Today, both private and public land-management organizations employ forest soils research technicians. In addition, two colleges in the region offer instruction in...

    Author(s):
    Robert F. Tarrant
    Year:
    1956
    Keywords:
    Source:
    PNW Old Series Research Notes No. 130, p. 1-5

  20. Regional landscape ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin: a working map and classification.

    Describes the landscape ecosystems (ecoregions) of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and includes maps of all three states. Regional descriptions include climate, bedrock geology, landforms, lakes and streams, soils, presettlement vegetation, natural disturbance, present vegetation and land use, rare biota, natural areas, public land managers, and conservation...

    Author(s):
    Dennis A. Albert
    Year:
    1995
    Keywords:
    regional, hierarchical, and multifactor classification, regionalization, landscape ecology, biodiversity, natural divisions
    Source:
    General Technical Report NC-178. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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