Panel on Multiple Use 
Soil, Water, and Air 
1. 
Support and promote the application of "best management practices" on all forest lands and forestry 
operations by providing technical assistance and demonstrations to landowners and loggers. 
2. Actively work toward developing State and/or county systems for voluntary logger certification. 
3. Provide active leadership for proper forest management and prevention of nonpoint source pollution 
on groundwater recharge and wetland areas in cooperation with State water quality agencies. 
4. Focus research on economic methods of site preparation that minimize soil erosion and site damage. 
5. Encourage the use of low-intensity silvicultural methods on lands where they are biologically and 
economically feasible to achieve increases in productivity while protecting the iand. 
6. Support research to quantify the adverse effects of air pollution on forests and other renewable 
resources, and support efforts to reduce identified sources of pollution. 
Range 
7. Support current efforts to develop, demonstrate, and promote sound and practical range management 
on the South's forest land. 
Bottomland Hardwoods 
8. 
Reestablish, protect, and manage bottomland hardwoods for timber, wildlife, and other renewable 
resources by coordinating efforts of timber and wildlife interests. 
Explore using Farmers Home Administration conservation easement and inventory land disposal 
programs and Corps of Engineers mitigation authorities to stimulate reforestation of bottomlands and 
other eligible lands. 
Wildlife and Fisheries 
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Develop effective programs to identify, protect, and manage critical wildlife habitats, with particular 
emphasis on private lands. 
Give wildlife and fishery resources equitable consideration with timber in public and private forest 
plans. 
Develop more effective ways of assessing wildlife and fishery resources, including their economic 
values. 
Establish at all colleges offering a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry or wildlife management a 
minimum requirement for training in the basic elements of each profession. 
Assist timberland owners in realizing the economic and access-control opportunities of leasing recre- 
ational rights on their lands. 
