The study identified 28 problems of which nine are related in some way to 

 forestry or forest lands. The following list shows these forestry- 

 related problems and the objectives for planning within the USDA cooper- 

 ative study. 



Problems 



"(1) Declining natural resource base 

 and a related decline in basic extrac- 

 tive employment in forest-related 

 industries . 



(2) Imbalanced recreation services and 

 facilities on public lands. 



(3) Insufficient access points on 

 streams and public lands forces 

 overuse at existing access sites. 

 Such concentrated use destroys 

 natural beauty. 



(4) Improper land and timber manage- 

 ment holds timber production below 

 its potential. 



(5) Productive commercial forest land 

 is being lost to subdivision, thereby 

 reducing the natural resource base. 

 Subdivisions are also encroaching on 

 critical wildlife habitats such as 

 the riparian and Forest fringe areas. 



(6) Erosion and sediment from forest 

 lands cause nonpoint water pollu- 

 tion and a reduction in environ- 

 mental quality. 



(7) Agricultural, residential, and 

 road encroachment on riparian lands 

 reduce natural beauty. 



Objectives for Planning 



(1) Maintain production from 

 renewable natural resources and 

 attract other basic industries 

 needed to replace declining 

 basic employment. 



(2) Adjust supply, kind, and 

 quality of recreational serv- 

 ices and facilities to satisfy 

 preferences . 



(3) Provide more access points 

 to streams and public lands and 

 disperse recreational use. 



(4) Improve land and 

 timber management to bring 

 timber production up to its 

 feasible potential. 



(5) Stop subdivision of the 

 better commercial forest land 

 and of critical wildlife habitat. 



(6) Reduce sediment from forest 

 lands. 



(7) Protect riparian vegetation. 



"A parenthesized number is provided for each problem and appears 

 throughout the report to assist the reader. 



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