Contact Information
SFFP
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
3041 Cornwallis Road
RTP, NC 27709
(919) 549-4011
Comments Received at Webinar 2
The table below captures the comments collected during the
input phase of the second
webinar, April 16th at 2 pm.
Comments are grouped by major forces of change.
| Comments | |
|---|---|
Social/Economic/Institutional |
|
| An additional social factor to consider is education, or lack of education, in terms of current forest health and condition amnong the general voting population. | |
| Family structure among land owning families - impact on forest ownership and uses. | |
| The global stability regarding wars and the cost thereof and the growing deficit will affect how we can manage our forests | |
| Under Social, Economic, and Inst. Facotrs - down below "Potential Future Marhet for Carbon Creditd" - you might consider adding other potential (and on-going) "non-traditional" markets such as water quality, viewsheds, habitat, etc. | |
| Values need to be given to ecosystem services including but not limited to carbon sequestration in order to let native forests compete with other land values. | |
| will shrinking budgets for state/fed'l resource agencies contribute to the level of landowner education? | |
Land Uses |
|
| Effective land-use planning, taking into consideration ecological services of forests, wtare reosurces, etc. in long-range plans. | |
| How will forest composition continue to change as a result of less management? | |
| How will forests change through climate change, how quick will changes be, and how will forest mgt. practices need to adapt (species composition, forest pests etc, exotics). | |
| What are projected effects of increased biofuel production both in currnet forest and on choice for agricultural land on ecosystems including wildife, threatened species, and so on? | |
| Will we lose forest or forest managment options to rising sea levels | |
Biological |
|
| Deer populations out of control? | |
| What are the prospects for development of beneficial biotic agents to counter the influx of exotic pests invading our forest? | |
| Will genetics be able to increase resistance of forests to insects and disease? | |
Physical |
|
| [prescribed burning] is most certainly a valuable tool in hardwood management, but wildfires in eastern and southeastern KY have a tremendous negative impact on current value of forestland - this even lowers the ability to generate funds, or incentives, for more fire management. | |
| As well as liability .... [prescribed burning] | |
| More stringent air pollution regulations will affect future prescribed burning. | |
| Prescribed burn councils are an example of a new type of organization which will be promoting prescribed burning for forest management in the future. Forest landowner organization will also wield influence in future forest policy. | |
Forest Management/Markets |
|
| The hardwood market in KY is currently terrible (if you are having a sale). This will also lead to less forest management and more of the "leave it alone" style of management - leading to more changes in overall species composition, forest health, and such... | |
| And keep markets for high quality materials. | |
| Effects on increased biofuel prices on land prices and less opportunity for public agencies etc. to purchase for forest management | |
| How important are conservation easement programs on private land going to become on protecting southern forests? | |
| I think we are already seeing the public be willing to accept cheaper substitutes. Today's average young couple does not seem to value, for instance, a piece of furniture made of solid oak. They'll take the cheaper Siberian-grown and Chinese made products every time. | |
| In upper south, we're in a situation where we have mis-managed our forests to the point that we now have to bear the costs of "fixing" things so that high quality material can once again be grown - there is no financial incentive for private landowners to do such. | |
| Movement of markets away from US...pulp/paper | |
| Tennessee markets are also pretty bad right now.... | |
| The future of forest products on lands in TIMO ownership which focuses more on short term management than the traditional timber company long term management. | |
| We have to figure out a way to develop and encourage markets for low-quality material. | |
| will a time come in the forseeable future when cheaper or more relable substitutes for forest products displace forests as economic enterprise? | |
Last Modified: 04/18/2008