NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. In preparing its report, the committee invited people with different perspectives to present their views. Such invitation does not imply endorsement of those views.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. This study was supported by the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No 53-3187-5-11.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Forested landscapes in perspective : prospects and opportunities for sustainable management of America's nonfederal forests / Committee on Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Forest policy—United States. 2. Forests and forestry—Economic aspects—United States. 3. Forest management—United States. 4. Sustainable forestry—United States. 5. Investments, American—United States. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests.

SD565 .F568 1997

333.75'0973—ddc21

98-9017

CIP

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