GEOG 385

 What? ◦ Look at the dispersion of Federal Land across the US ◦ Compare distribution of forests to population and environmental factors on a nationwide and statewide scale  Why this? ◦ Forestry Resources Major ◦ Interested in geography and natural resources

 Data ◦ Most Data from Forest Service and ArcGis Online ◦ Shapefiles—added in layers  Data Manipulation ◦ Layer formatting ◦ Mean Center and Central Feature Tools ◦ Changing projections ◦ Clipping

 Dispersion ◦ More in North ◦ National land primarily in Western half  Humans ◦ East Coast more than West ◦ Denser populations along coasts ◦ Less in forests  Environmental Factors ◦ Coasts and mountains  Oregon ◦ Mostly same trends as above