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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Existing National Forests and Indian Reserves do not guarantee the integrity of the ecosystem, as timber exploitation along with other potentially destructive activities are allowed.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The national forests, parks, wildlife refuges, and other publicly-held lands and private lands served by the federal government's resource management agencies are a wonderful educational resource.
NATIONAL FORESTS PRESERVATION The annual National Forest Foundation (NFF) Matching Awards Program encourages community involvement in the stewardship of national forest lands through the formation of goal-oriented partnerships.
Our National Forests have 85 million acres of forest that are capable of producing timber, but timber harvesting is prohibited on much of that.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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It is those former reservation lands now in the National Forests that may once again become the Klamath Tribes' reservation.
The national forests of the Southern Appalachian region were originally established in the early 20th century to protect the headwaters of the major rivers from abusive land practices that had resulted in increased flooding, erosion, and stream sedimentation.
He is also involved with the Snake River Basin Adjudication channel maintenance flow claims for both the National Forests and for the Snake River in the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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On national forests, populations of most native aquatic species would exist in highly fragmented configurations.
Populations of native aquatic species in national parks would be connected to populations on national forests by numerous drainages containing viable populations.
The scientists are demanding intensive national and international efforts to avoid further fires in the tropical peat swamp forests and to promote environmentally sustainable management of this sensitive ecosystem.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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There is also a great risk in creating a rift between the national institution with the mandate to manage forests and other institutions who wish to feature strongly in conservation.
Forests are important in Tanzania due to the myriad of goods and services they offer to the national economy and society to improve human welfare.
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