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Ecological Forestry Resource Center |
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The Forest Guild created this online resource center to help define and promote ecological forestry. The Ecological Forestry Initiative is built on past Guild efforts including the Tenets of Forestry, and provides web-based access to the tools foresters and affiliated professionals need to practice sound management. The resource center brings together scientific research, management tools, networks of other ecological organizations, and the shared professional wisdom of many Guild foresters. The resource center is intended to be an online "field manual" for ecological forestry, with sections dedicated to overall philosophy, values, and practice, as well as guides on specific ecoregions across the country. Guild member Ray Travers's recent article, "Foreseeing a Breakthrough in Forest Management," further supports the potential benefits to managers of sharing ideas and information via the internet.
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The Ecological Forestry Resource Center is constantly expanding and welcomes input from Forest Guild members and other like-minded natural resource experts. Please direct any comments or improvements to Zander Evans (
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Ecological Forestry
For many foresters "ecological forestry" is good forestry. Ecological forestry has been called by many names, but there are consistent themes that cut across labels and even ideology. - forests have intrinsic value
- humans need to extract products from the forest.
- silviculture should follow natural processes as much as possible.
- foresters should plan for the long term.
- forestry is implemented as the stand scale butmust be in balance with the larger ecosystem.
- the social and economic context matters, and
- science and place-based experience should guide forestry.
For more information please see our discussion paper called What is Ecological Forestry?
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