Silviculture for Deer and Timber: A Multiple-Use Policy Analysis Reveals Important Implementation Barriers

Policies that attempt to balance timber production with non-market values that forests provide are common across the United States. Such is the case in northern Maine, USA, where management of critical areas of mature softwood-dominated forest are regulated through the State’s primary wildlife manag...

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Autores principales:	Karin Bothwell, Mindy S. Crandall, Amber M. Roth
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	silviculture deer habitat forest management growth-and-yield discounted cash flow Plant ecology QK900-989
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4c8e5fe948d44c80bfd55d754c89d3222021-11-25T17:37:15ZSilviculture for Deer and Timber: A Multiple-Use Policy Analysis Reveals Important Implementation Barriers10.3390/f121114361999-4907https://doaj.org/article/4c8e5fe948d44c80bfd55d754c89d3222021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/11/1436https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4907Policies that attempt to balance timber production with non-market values that forests provide are common across the United States. Such is the case in northern Maine, USA, where management of critical areas of mature softwood-dominated forest are regulated through the State’s primary wildlife management agency. We use a case study approach with qualitative and quantitative analyses to understand the persistent difficulties encountered by both forest and wildlife managers when implementing this policy. Interviews with foresters and wildlife biologists established the management parameters, and simulated management scenarios compared forest management outcomes with respect to both financial and wildlife habitat provision goals. The model results indicated that there are opportunities for comparable revenues within regulated habitat areas as without, although the returns varied due to legacy of previous management and species composition. More importantly, the interviews revealed that differing habitat metrics used by foresters and biologists are a barrier to communication and management planning, and thus also a barrier to effective policy implementation. We close with thoughts on the applicability of both the methods and results to other situations where an understanding of multiple-use forest policy implementation is desired.Karin BothwellMindy S. CrandallAmber M. RothMDPI AGarticlesilviculturedeer habitatforest managementgrowth-and-yielddiscounted cash flowPlant ecologyQK900-989ENForests, Vol 12, Iss 1436, p 1436 (2021)
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description	Policies that attempt to balance timber production with non-market values that forests provide are common across the United States. Such is the case in northern Maine, USA, where management of critical areas of mature softwood-dominated forest are regulated through the State’s primary wildlife management agency. We use a case study approach with qualitative and quantitative analyses to understand the persistent difficulties encountered by both forest and wildlife managers when implementing this policy. Interviews with foresters and wildlife biologists established the management parameters, and simulated management scenarios compared forest management outcomes with respect to both financial and wildlife habitat provision goals. The model results indicated that there are opportunities for comparable revenues within regulated habitat areas as without, although the returns varied due to legacy of previous management and species composition. More importantly, the interviews revealed that differing habitat metrics used by foresters and biologists are a barrier to communication and management planning, and thus also a barrier to effective policy implementation. We close with thoughts on the applicability of both the methods and results to other situations where an understanding of multiple-use forest policy implementation is desired.
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title	Silviculture for Deer and Timber: A Multiple-Use Policy Analysis Reveals Important Implementation Barriers
title_short	Silviculture for Deer and Timber: A Multiple-Use Policy Analysis Reveals Important Implementation Barriers
title_full	Silviculture for Deer and Timber: A Multiple-Use Policy Analysis Reveals Important Implementation Barriers
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Silviculture for Deer and Timber: A Multiple-Use Policy Analysis Reveals Important Implementation Barriers

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