Iconic places of the USDA Forest Service
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Date
2019
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Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Abstract
The purpose of this document is to introduce 46 of the
Forest Service’s iconic places and to provide basic information
about the values they protect and their histories.
These places are found in over 40 different national
forests in all nine Forest Service regions, ranging in size
from less than 5,000acres to over 2 million acres. Designation
of these iconic places began in the early 1960s
to as recently as 2016. As such, these places represent
over five decades of transitions in public land values,
political administrations, and agency direction, as well
as and other social, cultural, economic and ecological
change. Through these transitions, the iconic places of
the Forest Service have continued to expand in number,
with their unique qualities and resources meriting
special management or protection.
The special areas included in this project are diverse
in their type, size, designated values, and history. Each
type of designation comprises distinct guidelines, intents,
policies, and place-specific management objectives.
This document provides a baseline understanding
of these iconic places for agency personnel as well as
the interested public, and can serve as a resource for
future research or exploration into these areas.
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104 pages