Title: Identify the roles of government, industry, and private forestry agencies.
Course: Forestry Management (18502-I) > Section: Managing Forest Systems

Identification should include

- governmental regulations for forest use
- current laws and regulations
- historical changes in laws and regulations
- basic processes for creating laws and regulations
- federal
- state
- local
- social and economic pressures influencing forest ecosystem use
- benefits to forest preservation
- conservation influences on law and regulation formation.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can governmental and industrial influences ensure environmental sustainability of forest and forest resources?
- How have the environmental roles of government and industry agencies changed over time?
- How might forests be different without regulation?
- How can land use incentives influence or improve forest conservation?