LEADER 03169oam 2200493Ia 450 001 9910696496503321 005 20080221094830.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002377872 035 $a(OCoLC)180699487 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002377872 100 $a20071105d2007 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aNational forests on the edge$b[electronic resource] $edevelopment pressures on America's national forests and grasslands /$fSusan M. Stein ... [and others] 210 1$a[Portland, Or.] :$cU.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station,$d[2007] 215 $a26 pages $ccolor illustrations, color maps ;$d28 cm 225 1 $aGeneral technical report PNW ;$vGTR-728 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed Nov. 5, 2007). 300 $a"August 2007." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aMany of America's national forests and grasslands--collectively called the National Forest System--ace increased risks and alterations from escalating housing development on private rural lands along their boundaries. National forests and grasslands provide critical social, ecological, and economic benefits to the American public. This study projects future housing density increases on private rural lands at three distances--, 3, and 10 miles--from the external boundaries of all national forests and grasslands across the conterminous United States. Some 21.7 million acres of rural private lands (about 8 percent of all private lands) located within 10 miles of the National Forest System boundaries are projected to undergo increases in housing density by 2030. Nine national forests are projected to experience increased housing density on at least 25 percent of adjacent private lands at one or more of the distances considered. Thirteen national forests and grasslands are each projected to have more than a half-million acres of adjacent private rural lands experience increased housing density. Such development and accompanying landscape fragmentation pose substantial challenges for the management and conservation of the ecosystem services and amenity resources of National Forest System lands, including access by the public. Research such as this can help planners, managers, and communities consider the impacts of local land use decisions. 517 $aNational forests on the edge 606 $aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aLand use$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aForest policy$zUnited States 615 0$aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aLand use$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aForest policy 676 $a333.75/160973 701 $aStein$b Susan M$01388363 712 02$aPacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.) 801 0$bEJB 801 1$bEJB 801 2$bEJB 801 2$bVXG 801 2$bDLC 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910696496503321 996 $aNational forests on the edge$93458169 997 $aUNINA