Play area

Walking path

Horseshoe pits

Fragmentation Fragmentation ActivityActivity

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Why are forests so Why are forests so important?important?

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Food sources

Water sources

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Inner vs EdgeInner vs Edge of Forest of Forest

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Inner Inner speciesspecies

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Jack in the pulpit

Nesting birds

Lady Fern

Edge dwellersEdge dwellers

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Red Tailed Hawks

White Tailed Deer

Humans create Humans create edge…edge… disrupting the disrupting the

continuity of the continuity of the forest…making forest…making it hard for some it hard for some species to get species to get the the requirements requirements they need. they need.

What is a land use What is a land use plan?plan?

A plan for development of the A plan for development of the land that encourages the land that encourages the sustainability of both the living sustainability of both the living and non-living organisms found and non-living organisms found on that land. on that land.

To create a sustainable land use To create a sustainable land use plan, you must consider several plan, you must consider several aspects of the environment:aspects of the environment:

this includes this includes human human settlement settlement uses such as uses such as urban urban roadways, roadways, pipelines for pipelines for sanitation sanitation purposes, purposes, electricity, electricity, etc. etc.

Urban Use

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WaterwayWaterwayss

These must These must be be considered considered for for developmendevelopment plans…t plans…what issues what issues might you might you encounter encounter that would that would change change your plan?your plan?

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Mining Mining OperationsOperations this includes this includes

all mining all mining needed to needed to acquire a acquire a needed needed resource.resource.

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PreservatioPreservationn

Minimizing development so that the least Minimizing development so that the least amount of disruption occurs to landscape. amount of disruption occurs to landscape.

Preserving Preserving some amount of some amount of intact forest to intact forest to help maintain help maintain the inner/edge the inner/edge habitats of habitats of original original landscape.landscape.