EmailPrivate forest landowners own about 57% of the American forest. And most of that – some 48% – are owned by family forest owners.
Neil Sampson is president of the Sampson Group, a company that consults on forests and climate. He said that Americans who don’t own wooded land still reap the benefits of forests.
Neil Sampson: All of us use forest products every day. As we enjoy recreation, or drive, as we drink water, as we breathe clean air, as we enjoy urban settings where an urban forest is very important in keeping the atmosphere clean, keeping temperatures down. We depend on these forests every day. We don’t always recognize that.
Sampson said that private forest owners play an essential role in keeping wooded land growing and healthy.
Neil Sampson: The truth of the matter is forests will only be managed by family forest owners with great pride as long as people in urban areas realize they are important in their lives. If there are 10 million forest owners and 300 million Americans, it tells you that the other 290 million of us need to have that appreciation.
Our thanks today to the American Forest Foundation, leading the way in conservation and education.
Our thanks to:
Neil Sampson
President, Sampson Group
Alexandria, VA
According to the Krebs Cycle, anything living produces CO2 and this also means liing trees. Mr. Sampson does not deal with this issue.
Forests present us with great beauty and necessary resources; however, there is a problem related to the destruction of forests that I would like you to consider. Please bear with me.
Anything and everything seems to be getting in the way of meaningfully discussing in an adequately reality-oriented manner the predicament that appears before humanity. This primarily and distinctly human-driven predicament is already visible, even now, on the far horizon.
If you please, your assistance is requested.
Seven days ago the “AWAREness Campaign on the Human Population” submitted an idea for how we think the Obama Administration could change America. It’s called “Ideas for Change in America.”
I’ve submitted an idea and wanted to see if you could vote for AND COMMENT on it. The title is: “Accepting human limits and Earth’s limitations”. You can read, vote for and comment on the idea by clicking on the following link:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/accepting_human_limits_and_earths_limitations
Fourteen votes are been received so far. That is about 2 votes per day. If you agree, then vote. If you disagree, please comment. Of course, should you wish to vote AND COMMENT, please feel free to do so.
The top 10 ideas are going to be presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day and will be supported by a national lobbying campaign run by Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen leading nonprofits after the Inauguration.
Thanks for any assistance you choose to provide.
Sincerely yours,
Steve
Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population,
established 2001
http://sustainabilityscience.org/content.html?contentid=1176
Just as this article says, forests give us humanbeings good living and recreating enviroment, we should do what we can do to keep our forest ecosystems in good condition, forests and humanbeings have a reciprocal relationship. For the sake of a good subsistence, please take action to protect our forests.
This fact is a very advantageous truth. For one, at least there are responsible people who has been conscious about the welfare of our forest today rather than just exploiting these resources due to lack of concern.