Autumn issue: Bravo.Gary Moll: The Autumn 2006 issue was right on target. The Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. Corridor is committed to the advancement of a conservation/environmental philosophy that is dedicated to a comprehensive approach of protection, economic development, and cultural renewal for our region in the South. Memphis is already a major transportation hub Transportation hub is a location where traffic is exchanged across several modes of transport. These modes may include any of railway, tramway, rapid transit, bus, automobile, truck, airplane, spacecraft, ship, ferry, pedestrian or any other kind of transportation. in the country and will only grow stronger when 1-69 is completed. We anticipate growth but hope to create a new "urban sprawl" and the mega-shops that come with progress; one that is environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] . You, AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens , and Michael Gallis are to be congratulated for bringing this vital issue to the forefront. We need a new national network, for sure. Diana Threadgill Mississippi River Natural and Recreational Corridor Memphis, Tennessee For the ancient Egyptian capital, see . Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just below the mouth of the Wolf River. American Forests: I finally got around to reading the Autumn issue. Terrific. Inspirational. Motivating. Progress. John Berdes ShoreBank Enterprise Pacific Ilwaco, Washington Ilwaco (IPA: [ɪlʍɑko]) is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 950 at the 2000 census. History Ilwaco was officially incorporated on December 16, 1890. Deborah Gangloff: I am extremely pleased and excited about AMERICAN FORESTS' fresh mission perspective, and call for dialogue on a framework to rebuild and restore the environment across our ever-changing landscape. (Autumn 2006). This initiative is right on target and extremely timely. We can see the interconnectedness of our urban ecosystems and the relationships between components of the ecosystem and other elements of infrastructure, and see how our communities connect to regional and global networks. We can decide what change is desirable and acceptable, act to mitigate the undesirable, and measure our results. Yet we produce the same results. This combined with the emergence of sprawling mega-cities, increased nature-based catastrophic events, and 100 million more U.S. citizens in the next 35 years, is a strong call to abandon the traditional approaches of protection and regulation. AMERICAN FORESTS has just made that call. In my opinion, this will help define 21st century conservation leadership at the federal level. In my capacity with the U.S. Forest Service and its Urban and Community Forest Assistance Program, I intend to contribute to this dialogue and support opportunities to demonstrate ways to better integrate human and natural systems. I encourage my contemporaries to take the big view, participate in this discussion, and help build a new national framework. Edward A. Macie Regional Urban Forester U.S. Forest Service Deborah Gangloff: Your Autumn 2006 issue was your most impressive issue in years for the substance and depth and innovation of its content about forests. The notion of a "new framework" for thinking about forests and forest policies is right on target. For the past few years I've been a member of the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry Sustainable forestry is a forest management practice. The basic tenet of sustainable forestry is that the amount of goods and services yielded from a forest should be at a level the forest is capable of producing without degradation of the soil, watershed features or seed source and organized its Global Markets Forum that was held in early 2005. That multi-stakeholder forum concluded the factor exerting the most influence on forest biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed is rampant unplanned urbanization. "Keeping Forests as Forests" is rapidly becoming the unifying theme for a diversity of forest interests from forest owners to NGOs and land trusts to government agencies. Discussion about traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. , sewage and water services, cost of schools and police services, tax burdens and local impact fees, and so forth are real and immediate concerns, but they miss the big picture. It's encouraging to read that many urban areas are using AMERICAN FORESTS' software to explore the values of forest services from their surrounding woodlands. I encourage you to send your editorial and key facets of your Autumn issue to newspaper editors. One final thought: "Higher and better use" is a term used traditionally by land appraisers and tax assessors and it has meaning only in a purely short-term dollar sense. Those who work in the fields of forestry and natural resources do themselves and the forests a disservice dis·ser·vice n. A harmful action; an injury. disservice Noun a harmful action Noun 1. if they don't work hard to convince the public and "society" that the "higher and better use" of forests over the long term is ... as forests! Green space, watersheds, wildlife habitats, oxygen production, atmospheric filtering, estuary buffering are essential attributes for a population to be sustainable in perpetuity Of endless duration; not subject to termination. The phrase in perpetuity is often used in the grant of an Easement to a utility company. in perpetuity adj. forever, as in one's right to keep the profits from the land in perpetuity. . That's the essence of a new framework and way of thinking about America's forests. Scott Wallinger Seabrook Island, South Carolina Seabrook Island is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,250 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Seabrook Island is included within the Charleston-North Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area. AMERICAN FORESTS: Bravo--very interesting issue of American Forests. Seems to me that a good deal of what we have to do is create economic incentives for people to do the "right" things--peak use pricing of energy, internalizing costs, and making the kind of land management we want pay. In this regard, you may be interested in the fact that research at the Penobscot Experimental Forest here in Maine shows that destructive forest management pays about twice as well as good silviculture silviculture: see forestry. . If we want people to practice "good" forestry on a large scale, it needs to pay. PS: I don't believe that this problem is limited to Maine, as the net present value of returns more than 30 years in the future are close to 0 in most of the US. What in forestry isn't 30 years out? R. Alec Giffen, Director Maine Forest Service Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine [1]. The city's population is 18,560 (July 2006 est.). |
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