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Forest Trends: Ownership, Markets, and Ecosystem Services

Forest Trends: Ownership, Markets, and Ecosystem Services. Sally Collins Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service. National Forest System. Forestland ownership (U.S.). Softwood from national forest land (% national total consumed). Percent. 2.9% total U.S. softwood consumption. (Based on

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Forest Trends: Ownership, Markets, and Ecosystem Services

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  1. Forest Trends: Ownership, Markets, and Ecosystem Services Sally Collins Associate Chief,U.S. Forest Service

  2. National Forest System

  3. Forestland ownership (U.S.)

  4. Softwood from national forest land(% national total consumed) Percent 2.9% total U.S. softwood consumption (Based on unpublished data, PNW)

  5. Forestland ownership (int’l)

  6. Ecosystem services

  7. Multiple services: water …

  8. … wildlife, fish, recreation …

  9. State and private programs

  10. International programs

  11. America’s forest estate America’s forest estate Acres (thousands) (Based on GTR-NC-241, table 3)

  12. America’s forest estate (projected) Acres (thousands) (Based on PNW-GTR-587, table 2)

  13. Loss of open space

  14. Forests on the edge

  15. Changing industrial timberland

  16. Cost + freight to Baltimore, 2001 Based on Jim DeCosmo, “Future of the Texas Forest Industry,” 1/31/03

  17. 48% capacity decline Capacity/use in the West

  18. Illegal logging

  19. Stagnant prices Index of price per unit (based on PNW-GTR-560, table 10)

  20. What’s next for America’s forests?

  21. Valuing Ecosystem Services

  22. Carbon components of forests Standing dead trees Live trees Understory Down dead wood Soil organic carbon

  23. Carbon markets Research Partnerships Projects

  24. Ecosystem services markets

  25. Biomass fuels

  26. Certification

  27. Certification test Medicine Bow NF Chequamegon-Nicolet NF Mt. Hood NF Siuslaw NF Allegheny NF Fremont-Winema NF (Lakeview Unit) NFs in Florida

  28. Conservation working for people

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