Transcript Indiana Forest Stakeholder Summit Introduction to the Statewide Forest Assessment & Strategy Summit Agenda • Agenda handout with survey summary and issues list on the back •

Indiana
Forest
Stakeholder
Summit
Introduction to the Statewide Forest Assessment & Strategy
Summit Agenda
• Agenda handout with survey summary and
issues list on the back
• Marker/pen & sticky notes
• Presentations
– Framing/understanding the Statewide Forest
Assessment and Strategy process
– GIS and layering analysis
• Your input
Introduction
• 4,700,000 acres vs. 150,000 acres vs. 10
acres
• Most important forest issues identified?
• Priority landscape areas
• Desired future forest condition
• Other plans/documents
Why are we doing this?
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Last one in the 1980s?
New technologies
Interest and consensus about forestry
Federal law
Federal requirements for
Assessment
• Analysis of present and future forest conditions
and trends on all ownerships
• Identify threats, benefits, and services
• Consistent with the national themes
– Conserve working forest landscapes
– Protect forests from harm
– Enhance public benefits from trees and forests
• Delineate priority landscape areas
• Identify multi-state areas
Federal requirements for
Strategy
• Long-term strategies to address priority
issues, threats, and areas
• How invest resources from all sources
• Partner and stakeholder involvement
• How monitor outcomes and revise action
• Incorporate existing statewide plans
Survey
• Survey
– Level of concern on selected forest issues
– Relative importance of selected forest issues
– Other important issues
• May 15 – June 1 open for public input
• Invitations sent to 363 leaders
• Invitations sent to 4,000 classified forest
landowners
Survey responses
Level of Concern
Indiana forest issue
Conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources
The spread and control of invasive species
Fragmentation and/or conversion of forests to another land use
Conservation of forests that protect drinking water supplies
Conservation of biodiversity (including plant and wildlife habitat)
Counterproductive government forest conservation related policies
Inadequate youth education about forests
Sustainable regeneration of oak woodlands
High cost of forest ownership and low incentives to retain
Inadequate public education about forests
Sustaining Indiana's forest product industry
Lack of active management on forests
Lack of healthy woodlands and trees in urban areas, including city
parks, street and yard trees
Availability of land for public recreation
Overpopulation of white-tailed deer
The loss of fire dependent plant communities and habitats (restoration
of fire-adapted lands)
The control of forest fires (forest fire suppression)
Forests not managed for carbon storage (carbon sequestration aspects
not considered)
Other
#
# Very
# Somewhat Somewhat
# Not
concerned Unconcerned Concerned concerned
831
411
43
7
851
326
63
20
862
308
87
32
778
419
72
17
745
457
77
15
612
494
134
30
538
592
131
32
523
582
149
27
550
542
147
49
476
622
159
34
472
522
208
84
393
620
213
58
Rating
average
3.60
3.59
3.55
3.52
3.49
3.33
3.27
3.25
3.24
3.19
3.07
3.05
68
114
131
246
199
283
538
555
464
430
423
410
3.04
3.00
2.90
75
157
331
375
558
440
311
314
2.87
2.71
182
n/a
321
n/a
523
n/a
232
n/a
2.64
n/a
Relative Importance
INDIANA FOREST ISSUE
Fragmentation and/or conversion of forests to another land use (e.g.
development, homes, agriculture)
Conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources
The spread and control of invasive species
Conservation of biodiversity (including plant and wildlife habitat)
Counterproductive government forest conservation related policies
(including taxation, zoning, etc.)
Availability of land for public recreation
High cost of forest ownership and low incentives to retain
Conservation of forests that protect drinking water supplies
Overpopulation of white-tailed deer
Inadequate public education about forests
Sustaining Indiana's forest product industry
Lack of active management on forests
Sustainable regeneration of oak woodlands
Inadequate youth education about forests
Lack of healthy woodlands and trees in urban areas, including city
parks, street and yard trees
The control of forest fires (forest fire suppression)
The loss of fire dependent plant communities and habitats
(restoration of fire-adapted lands)
Other
Forests not managed for carbon storage (carbon sequestration aspects
not considered)
Selected as 1st, Rank by
2nd or 3rd most total top 3
important
selections
First
Second
Third
189
199
127
150
180
146
116
134
138
80
178
80
507
425
421
364
1
2
3
4
75
142
49
51
47
38
49
38
29
18
93
47
80
82
66
60
42
56
45
31
81
45
97
73
81
68
69
52
64
45
249
234
226
206
194
166
160
146
138
94
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
36
30
18
44
19
90
73
15
16
13
24
29
14
25
23
67
61
17
18
6
20
19
45
19
Questions?
Christopher L. Gonso
Ecosystem Services Specialist
Division of Forestry
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
402 W. Washington Street Room W296
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(812) 829-2462
E-mail: [email protected]
www.IN.gov/dnr/forestry