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Forest Management Challenges & Opportunities Green Counties: Green Lands Green Counties: Green Lands Madison, VA Madison, VA 18 September 2007 18 September 2007 Mike Santucci Mike Santucci Region 3 Forest Conservation Specialist Region 3 Forest Conservation Specialist
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Page 1: Forest Management Challenges & Opportunities

Forest ManagementChallenges & Opportunities

Green Counties: Green Lands Green Counties: Green Lands Madison, VAMadison, VA

18 September 200718 September 2007

Mike SantucciMike SantucciRegion 3 Forest Conservation SpecialistRegion 3 Forest Conservation Specialist

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Topics of Discussion

The forest by the The forest by the numbersnumbers

Demographic impactDemographic impact Threats and issuesThreats and issues Points to ponderPoints to ponder

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Forest Cover – Madison County

118.3 120.5126.1

100

150

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sand

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es

1984 1992 2001

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Timberland – All Landowners

86 88.3

73.3

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50

100

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sand

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es

1984 1992 2001

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Timberland – NIPFOs

77.8 80.8

59.8

0

50

100

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sand

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es

1984 1992 2001

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Forest Cover Types

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200

400

600

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sand

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1984 1992 2001

Hardwood Native Pine Planted Pine

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Forestland Ownership

Federal22%

Private76%

State1%Local

1%

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Economic Impact $156.3 MM

DIRECT, INDIRECT, INDUCED impacts

#1 agricultural industry in the state

1180 residents employed 10% of population

Difficult to quantify other values

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Demographics2000 Pop.2000 Pop. 2006 Est. Pop.2006 Est. Pop. % Change% Change

MADMAD 12,52012,520 13,61313,613 + 8.7+ 8.7

VAVA 7.1 MM7.1 MM 7.6 MM7.6 MM + 8.0+ 8.0

Northern Piedmont is fastest growing region in VANorthern Piedmont is fastest growing region in VA Added 15,000+ people in 5 yearsAdded 15,000+ people in 5 years Lost 5000+/- acres of forestlandLost 5000+/- acres of forestland

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Conservation Continuum

Exploitation Preservation

“Been–heres”Generational familiesTraditionalistsEconomic incentivesPrivate property rights

“Come–heres”New residentsNeo-conservationistsRegulationSocietal benefits

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Ecological Footprint A single human being:

Annually consumes the amount of wood in a 16-inch diameter tree that is 100 feet tall

Uses 750 pounds of paper per year Home construction

20,000 board feet of lumber 14,000 board feet of panel products

24 acres of forestland per person

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Ecological FootprintAcres of Forestland per Person

Canada 30.0

Madison County 9.3

Northern Piedmont 4.6

El mundo 4.5

United States 2.6

Virginia 2.0

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Local Threats to Forestland Loss of open spaceLoss of open space

Through parcelization, fragmentation and Through parcelization, fragmentation and conversionconversion

Improper forest managementImproper forest management Past and presentPast and present

Water quantity and qualityWater quantity and quality Invasive speciesInvasive species

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Forest Parcelization Division of large, contiguous forest tracts into

smaller properties Promotes forest fragmentation and land-use

conversion.

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Fragmentation Often leads to conversion

Usually development Tends to isolate and separate forested tracts

from each other. 75 acres75 acres

Healthy & manageable forest systemsHealthy & manageable forest systems Madison CountyMadison County

Average tract size is 20 acresAverage tract size is 20 acres 85% of tracts are smaller85% of tracts are smaller

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Conversion VA losing 26,000 acres of forestland per year

71+ acres per day 2.9 acres per hour

1 million acres by 2040 Majority is concentrated in northern piedmont and

mountains 75% due to development

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Proximity PressurePeople per Square

MileForest Management

Potential

20 75%

45 50%

70 25%

150+ 0%

Culmination of fragmentation and development

Madison County Population Density =

42 people per square mile

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Some Points to Ponder History is the future Succession happens Forest management is an act of trade-offs Where do the opportunities lie?

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History is the Future Past events impact today’s

decisions Today’s decisions will

impact tomorrow’s choices “By understanding our past,

we can shape our future.” Forest History Society

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Succession Happens Forests:

Are not static Age at a different rate than us Can and do change

Take the long view The shorter the planning horizon, the less

possibility for sustainability “Forest time” is out of sync with “human time”

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Trade-offs Very few panaceas or silver bullets Very little is black & white

Get comfortable in the “gray” Objectives can be contradictory

Cause and effect

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Opportunities Public participation

Comprehensive Plan revisions Ad hoc committees

Forest Stewardship Management Plans Cost Share Programs Tax Incentives

Land Use taxation Forestal districts

Conservation Easements

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THANK YOU!THANK YOU!

Questions?Questions?


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