Forests By: Jen Roach

Resources Some of the resources that are in a forest are flowers, fruits, seeds, and other forest plants. Trees are a major resource in forests. Some of the trees are pine, spruce, oak, cherry, and maple.

Products! Maple syrup, rubber, and nuts are just a few of the products that come from a forest. Other products include, lumber, pulp for making and producing paper, those include cutting the trees down though. Conifer trees such as pine trees and spruce trees are used in construction and also for making paper. Trees like Oak, Cherry, and Maple are use for furniture. Oxygen is also produced from the trees. Those are just a few examples of products from a forest, there are many more.

Impacts Trees and forests are a huge part the of environment. Over 1 third of the United states is covered in forests! Forest Industries provide over 1.5 million people with jobs. Forests also bring oxygen into the air to help us breath, they also help remove pollutants from the air and help control flooding.

Clear Cutting! Pros!  Quicker  Less Money  Safer for the men cutting down the trees Cons!  The habitat usually changes  Exposes the soil to wind and rain  Soil could be easily blown or washed away  If the soil is washed into a stream or pond it could harm the ecosystem that lives there

Selective Cutting! Pros!  Less damage done to the Forest and ecosystem around it  Keeps trees of all different ages  Supports different varieties of wildlife  Keeps the forest looking more natural than clear cutting Cons!  Very Expensive  The growth of the trees is a slower process than clear cutting  Very hard to cut the trees down when they are on a steep hill or incline

Sustainable Forest Sustainable yield- a regular amount of a renewable resource such as trees that can be harvested without reducing the future supply. Example: Planting a tree to replace another tree that is being cut down. A forest needs to be managed just as anything else. To keep the trees at a constant supply you need to plan when and what tree needs to be replaced and replenished. Trees just like people, they grow at different rates, some grow fast and some grow slow. The trees that grow at faster rates can be replaced and planted more often. When you manage the forest correctly you should be able to replace different parts of the forest each year.

Selective Cutting And Clear Cutting Selective cutting- the process of cutting down only some trees in a forest and leaving a mix of tree sizes and species behind. Clear Cutting- the process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once.

Certified Wood Certified Wood- forests that are managed in a sustainable way and are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.. When the Forest is certified all of the wood that is cut down from the forest can hold a “Well Managed” label. This label tells businesses and individuals that the wood is managed for sustainable yields.

The End!! BY: JEN ROACH