Public Input and Awareness
There has been an increased public awareness of natural resource policy, including forest management. Public concern regarding forest management may have shifted from the extraction of timber to the preservation of additional forest resources, including wildlife and old growth forest, protecting biodiversity, watershed management, and recreation. Increased environmental awareness may contribute to an increased public mistrust of forest management professionals.
Many tools like GIS modelling have been developed to improve forest inventory and management planning.
Read more about this topic: Forest Management
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