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Facilitating Private Forestland Management: Relating Landowners’ Experience Of Their Forestland And Their Conceptualization Of Forest Management To Their Management Behavior, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis
Facilitating Private Forestland Management: Relating Landowners’ Experience Of Their Forestland And Their Conceptualization Of Forest Management To Their Management Behavior, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis
Doctoral Dissertations
Privately owned forestland accounts for the majority of forested land in the US and provides numerous ecological, economic and social benefits to its owners and society at large. However, numerous issues ranging from fragmentation and parcelization, to pressure from the forest products industry, to increasing land values for development and real estate interests threaten to “unravel” the forest landscape. Active management of forestland is seen as one way to combat such threats. Active management of private forestland has been linked to numerous factors such as private forest landowners’ (PFLs’) general education level and familiarity with forest management, their goals, interests, …
Wildfire Risk Assessment And Community Wildfire Protection In The Chilhowee Mountain Area Of Blount County, East Tennessee, Piyarat Chimchome
Wildfire Risk Assessment And Community Wildfire Protection In The Chilhowee Mountain Area Of Blount County, East Tennessee, Piyarat Chimchome
Doctoral Dissertations
The growing Wildland Urban Interface community in the Chilhowee Mountain area of Blount County, Tennessee, like many other forested areas in the mountains and hills of East Tennessee, was identified by officials of the Tennessee Division of Forestry as being a high risk area for wildfire. The purpose of this research was to help wildfire managers better understand how to facilitate wildfire protection and mitigation in the Chilhowee Mountain area. A mail survey was sent to the 474 property owners in the communities of Campers Paradise, Happy Valley, and Top of the World. The survey contained 33 questions related to …