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Entries from March 2009

Landscape Committee On Emulating Natural Forest Processes

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Vince Taylor Notes on JAG Landscape Meeting of March 13, 2009 Related to Overall Landscape Allocations The following are not comprehensive notes on the meeting but focus on the (major) part of the meeting that was related to developing principles for silvicultural allocations across the landscape. Much of the content consists of reasonably literal transcription [...]

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Tags: Landscape planning · Natural Forestry · Silviculture

Will Natural Forestry Become the New Forestry for Jackson Forest?

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments

[The following article was written for inclusion in the Spring Issue of Forest and River, a publication of the Trees Foundation] I last reported on Jackson Forest developments in the middle of 2008. I skipped the year-end update because it seemed that a holding pattern had developed, and there was not significant new news. There [...]

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Tags: Landscape planning · Natural Forestry · Silviculture

The Future of Jackson Forest Recreation Is in Your Hands

March 9th, 2009 · No Comments

You have only until April 3, 2009 to submit an application to become a member of the newly established “Recreation User Task Force” for Jackson State Forest. If you have a serious interest in enhanced recreation in Jackson Forest, I urge you to submit an application. The Recreation Task Force is a milestone in the [...]

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Tags: Recreation · Task Force