Title: Describe how land use and other human activities affect soil, water, and vegetative resources.
Course: Forestry Management (18502-I) > Section: Managing Forest Systems

Description should include

- factors driving human use of forest ecosystems
  - economic
  - social/political
  - environmental
  - cultural
- negative human influences on forest resources
  - resource depletion/destruction
  - pollution (e.g., impaired water)
  - sedimentation
  - loss of biodiversity
  - reduction of productivity
  - changes in species composition
- conservation efforts
- laws and regulations influencing human activity.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How have human influences and activities within forests changed over the years?
- How can humans exert a more positive effect on forest resources?
- What roles do laws and regulations play in influencing human use within forests?
- How would runoff affect the downflow of the Chesapeake Bay?