1. Land Management and Conservation 14-3 3/08

2. Keeping rural lands free from urbanization and in good shape is important because of the environmental services they provide

3. Farmland US 100 billion hectares of prime farmland Much of it was at one time prairie or forest Threats – urban development and erosion

4. Farmland Protection 1996 Farmland Protection Program Williamson Act – California 1965 specifies land as agricultural for less taxes

5. Rangeland Includes grassland, shrublands and deserts Most commonly used for grazing

6. Threats Overgrazing Results in erosion Changes in the plant community Desertification

8. Conservation Public Rangelands Improvement Act 1978

9. Methods Kill invasive plants Plant Native species Manage livestock Provide for dispersed watering for livestock Fence riparian areas

10. Forest Lands Provide Wood products and paper Habitat for many species Produce Oxygen and use carbon Dioxide

11. Worldwide – 1800 cubic centimeters of wood used per day In US almost 3.5 times that amount

12. Classification of Forest Lands Virgin forest – never cut

13. Native Forest – Planted and Managed

14. Tree Farms – Land cleared and trees planted in rows

15. Harvesting Methods Clear Cutting Selective cutting

16. Deforestation Forest cleared to make farmland or to expand urbanization Loss of habitat and erosion of soil Amazon deforestation

17. Reforestation Replanting of trees or allowing natural succession to take place

18. Parks and Preserves 1850 Yellowstone – first National Park

19. In United States National Parks National Forests National Wildlife Refuges Bureau of Land Management State Parks, Forests and Preserves Private Conservancies

20. Worldwide United Nation – Man and the Biosphere Program Set up hundreds of preserves worldwide – include people

21. US Wilderness Act 1964 Ecosystems protected from all exploitation Benefits – species diversity Recreation Science