A pilot test was successfully employed during the summer of 1969 to estimate recreation use of the San Gorgonio Wilderness in California's San Bernardino National Forest. A stratified random-sampling model was used. Self-registration stations were placed on all trails into the area. Wilderness users were personally interviewed on randomly selected days and trails to determine rate of registration. The Wilderness received an estimated 59,816 visitor-days of use, and 77 percent of all user groups registered upon entering.
{"title":"Estimating Recreation Use on the San Gorgonio Wilderness","authors":"George A. James, Hans T. Schreuder","doi":"10.1093/jof/69.8.490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/69.8.490","url":null,"abstract":"A pilot test was successfully employed during the summer of 1969 to estimate recreation use of the San Gorgonio Wilderness in California's San Bernardino National Forest. A stratified random-sampling model was used. Self-registration stations were placed on all trails into the area. Wilderness users were personally interviewed on randomly selected days and trails to determine rate of registration. The Wilderness received an estimated 59,816 visitor-days of use, and 77 percent of all user groups registered upon entering.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139646066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Understanding the knowledge and behavior of nonindustrial private forest landowners towards Port-Orford cedar (POC) root disease (Phytophthora lateralis), sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum), and disease-resistant seedlings can help target effective education and outreach programs. We surveyed two counties in Southern Oregon to gain knowledge about these pathogens, disease-resistant seedlings, landowner behavior, and landowner preferences regarding planting disease-resistant seedlings. Amenity-based management objectives were more associated with planting disease-resistant POC. Respondents were more likely to plant disease-resistant conifers than hardwoods. Disease-resistant planting preferences were associated with years owned and acres of ownership. Designing targeted education and outreach programs will be necessary to achieve broad scale adoption of disease management and restoration practices. Study implications: We present results from a survey of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in two counties in Southern Oregon to determine general landowner characteristics and knowledge of two nonnative diseases, Port-Orford cedar root disease, caused by Phytophthora lateralis, and sudden oak death, caused by Phytophthora ramorum. NIPF landowners play meaningful roles in invasive disease management: recognizing and reporting symptoms of nonnative plant diseases with the objective of early detection and control, implementing management actions to help mitigate disease spread, and planting disease-resistant seedlings during restoration efforts. Understanding landowner knowledge about diseases is important for engaging them in insect and disease mitigation.
{"title":"Understanding Landowner Education Needs for Invasive Disease Prevention and Restoration Planting in Southern Oregon","authors":"Norma Kline, Tamara Cushing, Lauren Grand","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad061","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the knowledge and behavior of nonindustrial private forest landowners towards Port-Orford cedar (POC) root disease (Phytophthora lateralis), sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum), and disease-resistant seedlings can help target effective education and outreach programs. We surveyed two counties in Southern Oregon to gain knowledge about these pathogens, disease-resistant seedlings, landowner behavior, and landowner preferences regarding planting disease-resistant seedlings. Amenity-based management objectives were more associated with planting disease-resistant POC. Respondents were more likely to plant disease-resistant conifers than hardwoods. Disease-resistant planting preferences were associated with years owned and acres of ownership. Designing targeted education and outreach programs will be necessary to achieve broad scale adoption of disease management and restoration practices. Study implications: We present results from a survey of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in two counties in Southern Oregon to determine general landowner characteristics and knowledge of two nonnative diseases, Port-Orford cedar root disease, caused by Phytophthora lateralis, and sudden oak death, caused by Phytophthora ramorum. NIPF landowners play meaningful roles in invasive disease management: recognizing and reporting symptoms of nonnative plant diseases with the objective of early detection and control, implementing management actions to help mitigate disease spread, and planting disease-resistant seedlings during restoration efforts. Understanding landowner knowledge about diseases is important for engaging them in insect and disease mitigation.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139506519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francis A. Roesch, Todd A Schroeder, Charles A Price
This article shows how probability sampling and citizen science efforts can complement each other, using the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program and the ongoing search by the National Register of Champion Trees (NRCT) for the largest specimen of each naturally occurring tree species in the United States as an example. We develop a ratio statistic (Zs) that uses the difference in size of the largest tree of a species from each database to order the tree species according to the assumed ease with which a larger specimen than the current national champion might be found. Our results show ninety-two candidate species that have been recorded by FIA for which there is no national champion and sixty-five species for which a new champion should be easy to find. In a supplemental table, we show ninety-four species listed as observable by FIA in the NRCT but not recorded in the FIA sample. Study Implications: An interest in forests and forestry is always accompanied by an interest in trees, especially very big trees. Two very different ways of learning about trees are analyzed concurrently in a way that reveals their complementarity. The two efforts are the probability sample, conducted by the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program, and the citizen science effort known as the National Register of Champion Trees (NRCT). We develop a statistic that will help tree sleuths find champion trees and provide FIA practitioners with a quality control measure and an indication of which species would benefit from an increase in sample intensity.
本文以美国农业部林务局的森林资源清查与分析 (FIA) 计划和美国国家冠军树登记 (NRCT) 正在进行的寻找美国各自然生成树种最大标本的工作为例，说明概率取样和公民科学工作如何能够相辅相成。我们开发了一种比值统计量（Zs），利用每个数据库中某一树种最大树木的大小差异，根据找到比当前国家冠军树更大标本的假定难易程度对树种进行排序。我们的结果表明，在 FIA 记录的候选树种中，有 92 个树种没有全国冠军，有 65 个树种应该很容易找到新的冠军。在补充表格中，我们显示了九十四个被 FIA 列为可在 NRCT 中观察到但未在 FIA 样本中记录的物种。研究意义：对森林和林业的兴趣总是伴随着对树木，尤其是大树的兴趣。本研究同时分析了了解树木的两种截然不同的方法，揭示了它们之间的互补性。这两种方式分别是美国农业部林业局森林资源调查与分析项目（FIA）开展的概率抽样调查，以及被称为 "全国冠军树登记册"（NRCT）的公民科学调查。我们开发了一种统计方法，可以帮助树木侦探找到冠军树，并为森林资源清查与分析从业人员提供了一种质量控制措施，同时也表明了哪些树种可以从样本密度的增加中获益。
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Kylle Roy, Susan J Frankel, Lauren E Oakes, Kainana S. Francisco, Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani, Rachael A Sitz, Emily S Huff, J. Schelhas
Concern for tree mortality and damage, and preferences for management interventions, reflect people’s values and cultures. We examine perceptions of tree diseases in two Indigenous communities to provide examples of the types of distress and attitudes that arise when tree diseases significantly damage cultural values. Summaries of yellow-cedar decline as perceived by Tlingit and Haida Alaska Natives and rapid ʻōhiʻa death (ROD) and Native Hawaiian culture underscore the interconnections between local people and local forests and the ways forest diseases can impart a loss of culture and connections to ancestors. The complex relationships between Indigenous people, ecosystems, and tree diseases highlight the importance of the inclusion of diverse viewpoints to inform natural resource planning and management so that it may be conducted equitably and ethically. Study Implications: Consideration of cultural and social impacts as criteria for prioritization of forest disease management requires knowledge of the types and intensity of impacts that forest diseases have on Indigenous and Western culture. A greater understanding of the diversity of perspectives toward forest diseases is needed to inform natural resource planning and management so that it may be conducted in an ecologically sound and inclusive manner.
{"title":"Perceptions of Tree Diseases in Indigenous Communities: Native Alaskan and Hawaiian Insights","authors":"Kylle Roy, Susan J Frankel, Lauren E Oakes, Kainana S. Francisco, Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani, Rachael A Sitz, Emily S Huff, J. Schelhas","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad053","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Concern for tree mortality and damage, and preferences for management interventions, reflect people’s values and cultures. We examine perceptions of tree diseases in two Indigenous communities to provide examples of the types of distress and attitudes that arise when tree diseases significantly damage cultural values. Summaries of yellow-cedar decline as perceived by Tlingit and Haida Alaska Natives and rapid ʻōhiʻa death (ROD) and Native Hawaiian culture underscore the interconnections between local people and local forests and the ways forest diseases can impart a loss of culture and connections to ancestors. The complex relationships between Indigenous people, ecosystems, and tree diseases highlight the importance of the inclusion of diverse viewpoints to inform natural resource planning and management so that it may be conducted equitably and ethically.\u0000 Study Implications: Consideration of cultural and social impacts as criteria for prioritization of forest disease management requires knowledge of the types and intensity of impacts that forest diseases have on Indigenous and Western culture. A greater understanding of the diversity of perspectives toward forest diseases is needed to inform natural resource planning and management so that it may be conducted in an ecologically sound and inclusive manner.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"70 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139440723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reem Hajjar, Kathleen McGinley, Susan Charnley, Gregory E Frey, Meredith Hovis, Frederick W Cubbage, John Schelhas, Kailey Kornhauser
Research on community forests (CFs), primarily governed and managed by local forest users in the United States, is limited, despite their growth in numbers over the past decade. We conducted a survey to inventory CFs in the United States and better understand their ownership and governance structures, management objectives, benefits, and financing. The ninety-eight CFs in our inventory are on private, public, and tribal lands. They had various ways of soliciting input from, or sharing decision-making authority with, local groups, organizations, and citizens. Recreation and environmental services were the most important management goals, but timber production occurred on more than two-thirds of CFs, contributing to income on many CFs, along with a diversity of other income sources to fund operations. We discuss the difficulties in creating a comprehensive CF inventory and typology given the diversity of models that exist, reflecting local social and environmental conditions and the bottom-up nature of community forestry in the United States. Study Implications: Despite their small footprint in the United States, community forests are a rapidly developing model of forest ownership, governance, and management that helps protect forestlands and open space and demonstrates how market and nonmarket forest goods and services can be produced for broad and enduring community benefits. This study inventories and characterizes community forests in the United States to increase understanding of this model, its prevalence, and its potential. It provides a baseline of information that serves as a foundation for further exploration and research on the impacts and contributions of community forests.
{"title":"Characterizing Community Forests in the United States","authors":"Reem Hajjar, Kathleen McGinley, Susan Charnley, Gregory E Frey, Meredith Hovis, Frederick W Cubbage, John Schelhas, Kailey Kornhauser","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad054","url":null,"abstract":"Research on community forests (CFs), primarily governed and managed by local forest users in the United States, is limited, despite their growth in numbers over the past decade. We conducted a survey to inventory CFs in the United States and better understand their ownership and governance structures, management objectives, benefits, and financing. The ninety-eight CFs in our inventory are on private, public, and tribal lands. They had various ways of soliciting input from, or sharing decision-making authority with, local groups, organizations, and citizens. Recreation and environmental services were the most important management goals, but timber production occurred on more than two-thirds of CFs, contributing to income on many CFs, along with a diversity of other income sources to fund operations. We discuss the difficulties in creating a comprehensive CF inventory and typology given the diversity of models that exist, reflecting local social and environmental conditions and the bottom-up nature of community forestry in the United States. Study Implications: Despite their small footprint in the United States, community forests are a rapidly developing model of forest ownership, governance, and management that helps protect forestlands and open space and demonstrates how market and nonmarket forest goods and services can be produced for broad and enduring community benefits. This study inventories and characterizes community forests in the United States to increase understanding of this model, its prevalence, and its potential. It provides a baseline of information that serves as a foundation for further exploration and research on the impacts and contributions of community forests.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"191 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139103175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Journal of Forestry Quiz","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"235 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139395246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca Downer, Tiffani Manteuffel-Ross, Lydia Tymon, Matthew Aghai
United States Pacific Northwest (PNW) forests are important ecological, cultural, and recreational landscapes. Direct seeding to aid forest regeneration in the PNW region was developed to reduce reforestation costs and timelines. These practices were largely discontinued in the 1970s due to poor establishment resulting from issues of seed predation, a lack of targeting favorable site conditions, seed distribution issues, and improvements to nursery seedling production. A recent renewed interest in direct seeding research has resulted from the growing geographic extent of postdisturbance areas requiring reforestation. This interest is also supported by the increasing recognition of the logistical impossibility of satisfying reforestation demand via planted seedlings. This historical review highlights the timeline of direct seeding research and practice in the PNW. It describes the main obstacles to its widespread use and opportunities for improvement. These opportunities include upscaling seed collection efforts, increasing distribution precision of seeding methods, upgrading seed quality evaluations, and mitigating seed predation and desiccation. Study Implications: The availability of seedlings is increasingly limited due to the rising demand for reforestation as a result of more frequent and severe wildfires. Further research into direct seeding as an artificial regeneration strategy for trees is necessary to operationally increase reforestation abilities and thus supplement natural regeneration and seedling planting. This study summarizes findings from prior direct seeding studies in the Pacific Northwest region and identifies (1) improving seed collection efforts, (2) refining seed quality assessments, (3) standardizing seed dispersal methods, and (4) improving seedling establishment by targeting favorable site conditions and predation mitigation as key future research priorities.
{"title":"Direct Seeding for Conifer Regeneration in the Pacific Northwest: A Past, Present, and Future of Operational Practices","authors":"Rebecca Downer, Tiffani Manteuffel-Ross, Lydia Tymon, Matthew Aghai","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad050","url":null,"abstract":"United States Pacific Northwest (PNW) forests are important ecological, cultural, and recreational landscapes. Direct seeding to aid forest regeneration in the PNW region was developed to reduce reforestation costs and timelines. These practices were largely discontinued in the 1970s due to poor establishment resulting from issues of seed predation, a lack of targeting favorable site conditions, seed distribution issues, and improvements to nursery seedling production. A recent renewed interest in direct seeding research has resulted from the growing geographic extent of postdisturbance areas requiring reforestation. This interest is also supported by the increasing recognition of the logistical impossibility of satisfying reforestation demand via planted seedlings. This historical review highlights the timeline of direct seeding research and practice in the PNW. It describes the main obstacles to its widespread use and opportunities for improvement. These opportunities include upscaling seed collection efforts, increasing distribution precision of seeding methods, upgrading seed quality evaluations, and mitigating seed predation and desiccation. Study Implications: The availability of seedlings is increasingly limited due to the rising demand for reforestation as a result of more frequent and severe wildfires. Further research into direct seeding as an artificial regeneration strategy for trees is necessary to operationally increase reforestation abilities and thus supplement natural regeneration and seedling planting. This study summarizes findings from prior direct seeding studies in the Pacific Northwest region and identifies (1) improving seed collection efforts, (2) refining seed quality assessments, (3) standardizing seed dispersal methods, and (4) improving seedling establishment by targeting favorable site conditions and predation mitigation as key future research priorities.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138573135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R Justin DeRose, James N Long, Kristen M Waring, Marcella A Windmuller-Campione, Andrew S Nelson, Mark R Nabel
Silviculture has been a dynamic discipline for over a century in North America. During that time, silviculture has been closely tied with dominant trends in society, from reforestation in the early nineteenth century to incorporating climate change, invasive species, and shifts in disturbance regimes during the twenty-first century, and the discipline continues to evolve. In this evolution, there have also been shifts to the definition of silviculture, from an art to art and science to recent proposals that it is strictly a science. We offer an alternative viewpoint in support of maintaining the contemporary definition that includes both art and science, supported by the role that silviculture plays in contemporary resource management and that silviculturists play in conducting both the strategic and tactical components of forest management. Despite the desire to recast silviculture as solely science, we argue that silviculturists need to be more artistic than ever, given the current era of rapidly changing social, ecological, and economic conditions. In addition to having a firm basis in science, silviculturists must also understand and practice their very important role as the honest broker between other resource professionals and society at large in the application of management on the ground. Study Implications: Silviculture has been practiced in North America for over 100 years. It is being shaped by remarkable developments in technology, evolving suites of interested parties and landowner objectives, and considerable climatic uncertainty. Silviculturists are being tasked with interpreting and applying science to accomplish increasingly complex objectives, often with scarce resources at large spatial scales; and all of this is being done in anticipation of further change. Silviculturists understand and accept these challenges and embrace the opportunity to be active stewards of the forests of tomorrow.
{"title":"What Does it Mean to be a Silviculturist?","authors":"R Justin DeRose, James N Long, Kristen M Waring, Marcella A Windmuller-Campione, Andrew S Nelson, Mark R Nabel","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad049","url":null,"abstract":"Silviculture has been a dynamic discipline for over a century in North America. During that time, silviculture has been closely tied with dominant trends in society, from reforestation in the early nineteenth century to incorporating climate change, invasive species, and shifts in disturbance regimes during the twenty-first century, and the discipline continues to evolve. In this evolution, there have also been shifts to the definition of silviculture, from an art to art and science to recent proposals that it is strictly a science. We offer an alternative viewpoint in support of maintaining the contemporary definition that includes both art and science, supported by the role that silviculture plays in contemporary resource management and that silviculturists play in conducting both the strategic and tactical components of forest management. Despite the desire to recast silviculture as solely science, we argue that silviculturists need to be more artistic than ever, given the current era of rapidly changing social, ecological, and economic conditions. In addition to having a firm basis in science, silviculturists must also understand and practice their very important role as the honest broker between other resource professionals and society at large in the application of management on the ground. Study Implications: Silviculture has been practiced in North America for over 100 years. It is being shaped by remarkable developments in technology, evolving suites of interested parties and landowner objectives, and considerable climatic uncertainty. Silviculturists are being tasked with interpreting and applying science to accomplish increasingly complex objectives, often with scarce resources at large spatial scales; and all of this is being done in anticipation of further change. Silviculturists understand and accept these challenges and embrace the opportunity to be active stewards of the forests of tomorrow.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"34 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Although forestry and related natural resources (FRNR) undergraduate degree programs in the United States have become increasingly diverse in recent years, women and minorities remain underrepresented in multiple disciplines; this is particularly true in forestry undergraduate programs. We reviewed over one hundred reports and publications to help understand the critical issues that must be addressed to enhance diversity in FRNR undergraduate programs. Based on that review, here we summarize eight critical issues in recruiting and retaining a more diverse FRNR undergraduate student body, and we also present promising actions to address the issues. Our goal is to more widely communicate validated ideas and practices, thereby prompting further discussion and effective actions to make more tangible gains in enhancing the diversity of FRNR undergraduate degree programs in the United States in the future. Study Implications: To be effective managers and stewards of forestry and related natural resources (FRNR), professionals must be effective in developing, communicating, and implementing plans and actions. From recommendations for a single stand or forest, to community-level natural resource issues, to state, regional, and national policy decisions, FRNR professionals must be trusted by increasingly diverse stakeholders in our society. FRNR professions can become more diverse in terms of gender as well as race and ethnicity by developing and implementing actions that address specific critical issues in undergraduate enrollment. A more diverse and society-ready cadre of leaders in FRNR will help to ensure healthy biotic communities are restored, sustained, and valued while meeting long-run societal needs.
{"title":"Enhancing Diversity in Undergraduate Degree Programs in Forestry and Related Natural Resources: a Brief Review of Critical Issues and Promising Actions","authors":"Steven H Bullard, T J Walker, Leslie Burger","doi":"10.1093/jofore/fvad043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvad043","url":null,"abstract":"Although forestry and related natural resources (FRNR) undergraduate degree programs in the United States have become increasingly diverse in recent years, women and minorities remain underrepresented in multiple disciplines; this is particularly true in forestry undergraduate programs. We reviewed over one hundred reports and publications to help understand the critical issues that must be addressed to enhance diversity in FRNR undergraduate programs. Based on that review, here we summarize eight critical issues in recruiting and retaining a more diverse FRNR undergraduate student body, and we also present promising actions to address the issues. Our goal is to more widely communicate validated ideas and practices, thereby prompting further discussion and effective actions to make more tangible gains in enhancing the diversity of FRNR undergraduate degree programs in the United States in the future. Study Implications: To be effective managers and stewards of forestry and related natural resources (FRNR), professionals must be effective in developing, communicating, and implementing plans and actions. From recommendations for a single stand or forest, to community-level natural resource issues, to state, regional, and national policy decisions, FRNR professionals must be trusted by increasingly diverse stakeholders in our society. FRNR professions can become more diverse in terms of gender as well as race and ethnicity by developing and implementing actions that address specific critical issues in undergraduate enrollment. A more diverse and society-ready cadre of leaders in FRNR will help to ensure healthy biotic communities are restored, sustained, and valued while meeting long-run societal needs.","PeriodicalId":15821,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forestry","volume":"35 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eliot Nagele, Marlon Co, Todd A Forrest, Erica A DeLuca, Mark S Ashton, Thomas B Harris, M. Duguid
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