8) What are the benefits of allowing fire management in the national forest? 9)

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8) What are the benefits of allowing fire management in the national forest?

9) What are the risks of allowing fire management?

10) What would you ask your scientists before deciding on policies on salvage logging?

11) What risks are there involved in salvage logging?

12) Is clear-cutting a popular option in harvesting trees? Why, or why not?

National Forests – Florida -

For Questions 13-15, use the following website on national forests in Florida.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/florida

13) How many national forests (not scenic trails) are there in Florida? Name them.

14) Pick one: _________________________________

a. How big is this forest? ____________________________________________

b. What types of trees are there in this forest?

15) Briefly describe some interesting facts about your forest.

Explanation / Answer

8) fire management is beneficial because fire plays an important role in the development and maintance of ecosystem.

Fire can be considered as catalyst / natural disturbance agent which can influence vegetation structure, soil properties, nutrient cycle etc.

Such management provides benefit for the native plant speciesspecies; since native plants may have adapted to fire's periodic occurance.

Fire can remove alien plants.

Ashes remained after the fire on the forest floor can add to nutrient locked in older vegetationvegetation.

Burnt trees can provide shelter for nesting bird or mammals which can also provide nutrient base.

Can control or manage insect pests and also diseased trees.

9) Risk:-

- can cause intense damage to the soil,especially through combination in the litter layer and organic material in the soil. This can result in soil erosion.

-Intense heat can cause soil particles to become hydrophobic, eventually leads to easy runoff.

- mismanagement by human can also turn the benefits to a man made disaster like the forest fire.

- possibility of air pollution .

10) how extensively the salvage logging can negatively impact the ecosystem?

- by asking this question, one can decide how strictly policies should be implemented or the importance of putting front a policy.

11) risk involved in salvage logging can be mostly due to human interference which can disturb the natural regeneration because the soil is dismantled. This may eventually result in easy run off and soil erosion.

-nevertheless ecological impact is uncertain.

12) no

- because , forest succession /natural succession is a slow process and will take hundred of years to bring back into its original state.

- in order to prepare for the natural regeneration in such clear site can be expensive.

- loss of original nutrient value due to low activity of nutrient cycle and absence of vegetation.

- can prone such sites to natural disaster like the land slides.

- soil erosion or runoff can easily occur on such area.

- opportunity for younger trees can be destroyed.

13) according to the your site provided

i- Apalachicola national forest

ii- Osceola national forest

iii- OCala national forest

14 ) Apalachical national forest

a- According to source, the forest cover an area of 632,890 acres .

b:- mostly dominated by longleaf pine trees ( Pinus palustris). Ever green and deciduous hardwood trees near flood plains.

15) Half of the Florida's land is covered by forests. The Apalachicola national forest is considered as the largest compared to other national forest of Florida. The national forest of Florida manages the 1300 mileFlorida National Scenic Trail.Most of the forest land is privately owned by 65% according to sources. In addition to market commodities, they also provide improved water quality, natural air filtration , wildlife habitat and also various recreational opportunitiesopportunities or activities.

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