m04.    How are National Forests managed?

The Forest Service manages National Forests for their timber and the budget for the Forest Service relies heavily on timber sales (See National Forest Service). The Forest Service must walk a fine line between maintaining forests for recreation and gathering funds from the logging industry. Since many of the National Forests are old growth forests, there is a danger of losing these resources.  Some conservationists feel that the National Forestry Management needs reforming. They feel that all timber cutting in national forests should be banned and the Forest Service funded completely from user fees for recreation. Further, the Forest Service should prevent at least 50% of the remaining old-growth forests from being cut and no more roads should be built into national forests. Timber from national forests should be sold at a cost that reflects the costs of road building, site preparation, and site regeneration.

e03.    How do pathogens and insects affect trees?

e11.    What types of old-growth forests are there?

e12.    Where are tropical forests?

g05.    How are forests of geological importance?