Forest Fragmentation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed 1998
- Published:
- January 1, 1998
- Originator:
- USDA Forest Service and Society of American Foresters
To help increase our understanding of the impacts of forest fragmentation, the USDA Forest Service and the Society of American Foresters organized and sponsored this Round Table series in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Program. Its primary objective was to hear from the scientists and experts in the field about how forest fragmentation and landownership parcelization may be affecting out forests. In all there were 38 participants from universities, state and federal agencies, and private and nonprofit entities, with expertise in disciplines including landscape ecology, wildlife biology, forest ecology, economics, sociology, land-use planning, policy analysis, and law. The main goals of the series were: 1) to gain a better understanding of the "state of the science" related to forest fragmentation and its impacts' 2) to gather insights, opinion, and recomendation from the experts; and 3) to gain consensus on what we know, what we do not know, and what we still need to learn about forest fragmentation.