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Protecting New Hampshire’s Wild Places PDF

Covering almost 800,000 acres in New Hampshire and Maine, the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) contains some of the most untamed country remaining in the Northeast – yet the Forest Service is approving more destructive logging projects on this single protected “roadless” forests than it has for the rest of the entire country combined.

Panel discusses pine beetle outbreak AUDIO

Listen in on a panel discussion hosted by The Wilderness Society on the pine beetle problem and how the federal government and local communities can work together to protect people, property and natural resources.

Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Western Oregon Plan Revision PDF

Organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest submitting these comments in response to the WOPR DEIS.

U.S. Forest Carbon and Climate Change: Controversies and Win-Win Policy Approaches PDF

As consensus grows about the serious impacts of global climate change, the important role of forests in carbon storage is increasingly recognized. U.S. forests currently capture about 10 percent of the carbon released from our country’s use of fossil fuels. They do this by accumulating (or sequestering) a growing “bank account” of forest carbon stores, but the rate of growth of this account has begun to slow in recent years. Reforestation of former cropland and restoration of depleted timberland were responsible for much of the growth in the U.S.

The Economic Benefits of Wilderness: Focus on Property Value Enhancement PDF

In this report, The Wilderness Society reviews several of the economic benefits of wilderness. We also report the findings of a new study of enhancement value in rural areas. The study focused on communities near existing and proposed wilderness areas on the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont. Key Points:

Economic Value of Forest Ecosystem Services: A Review PDF

The importance of natural forest ecosystems to human well-being cannot be overstated. Forests provide raw materials for food, fuel and shelter. In forests, ecosytem components such as micro-organisms, soils and vegetative cover interact to purify air and water, regulate the climate and recycle nutrients and wastes. Without these and many other ecosystem good and services, life as we know it would not be possible.

Schools, Counties, and Logs: Federal Lands Payment Programs in the Pacific Northwest PDF

For nearly a century, school and county government officials in the Pacific Northwest have relied on federal timber sales to fund a portion of their budgets. The link between schools, counties, and federal land management was especially strong when logging of old-growth forests produced bountiful revenues for many rural counties and school districts. However, that linkage has turned from a benefit to a liability for counties due to the precipitous decline in timber production from federal lands during the 1990s.