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Needs for Additional Research

The social, demographic, and economic database for the South will need to be updated with information from the 2000 Census. Future studies should address the reasons for southern residents’ environmental attitudes and forest values. With that kind of information, ways may be found to generate future support for forest management actions in the South.

At least two limitations to the study should be identified. First, many of the questions on the survey were narrowly focused; for example, the various forest uses were presented as mutually exclusive when, in fact, there are probably complementary relations among the various uses. Second, the respondents’ use of the forest products was not examined; for example, the extent to which people may enjoy wood and paper products.