Climate Change Education: Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change. A Workshop Summary. Held in Washington, DC on August 26-27, 2013

摘要

The forested land in the United States is an asset that is owned and managed by federal, state, and local governments, families,1 and other private groups, including timber investment management organizations and real estate investment trusts. More than 10 million family forestland owners manage the largest percentage (35 percent) of the nations forestland acreage and the majority (62 percent) of its privately owned forestland (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2012). The Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is responsible for the stewardship of all of the nations forests, has long worked with private owners of forestland on forest management and preservation, but all forestland is facing intensified threats because of the long-term effects of global climate change. The Forest Service recognizes that family forestland owners play a key role in protecting forestland and is working to identify optimal ways to engage this diverse group and support them in mitigating threats to the biologically diverse land they own.