1. The Context - Evolution of forestry and natural resources
20th Century
21st Century
Sustainability for future generations
Wood
Water
Managing with a growing nation and sense of unlimited resources
Sustainability for future generations
Access to open space and nature
Water
Managing in face of large-scale disturbance and uncertainty
Connecting rural to urban systems

2. A Vision for America’s Forests – Four Pillars
Restore and Sustain Forest Landscapes
Make Landscapes more Resilient to Climate change
Ensure Clean and Abundant Water
Create Jobs and Sustainable Communities

3. “ following the carbon – making the connections”
Climate change
Creating Carbon-markets
leads to choices for private
landowners and
maintains open space
Urban
stewardship
Forests as
Carbon
Sinks
= energy use
water interception
GHG
Biomass to
Energy =
renewables
CO2
Unhealthy
forested
ecosystems
Fuels
reduction
= less CO2 from fire
+ C-sequestered in healthy growing trees
wildfire
Utilization
- new products
- new jobs
KEY: actions