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NEW YORK FORESTS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?

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NEW YORK FORESTS. AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?. TREES ARE GOOD. ONETREE = OXYGEN FOR TWO PEOPLE CARBON SEQUESTRATION WATER PURIFICATION EROSION & FLOOD CONTROL WILDLIFE HABITAT RECREATION 60,000 JOBS $4.6 BILLION INCOME, EXCLUDING TOURISM QUALITY OF LIFE. N Y FOREST HISTORY. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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NEW YORKFORESTS

AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?

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TREES ARE GOOD

• ONETREE = OXYGEN FOR TWO PEOPLE• CARBON SEQUESTRATION• WATER PURIFICATION• EROSION & FLOOD CONTROL• WILDLIFE HABITAT• RECREATION• 60,000 JOBS• $4.6 BILLION INCOME, EXCLUDING TOURISM• QUALITY OF LIFE

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N Y FOREST HISTORY

DATE % FOREST COVER DEER/SQUARE MILE

1600 95% 5 – 10

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N Y FOREST HISTORY

DATE % FOREST COVER DEER/SQUARE MILE

1600 95% 5 – 10

1880 15% 0

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N Y FOREST HISTORY

DATE % FOREST COVER DEER/SQUARE MILE

1600 95% 5 – 10

1880 15% 0

1960 60% (EST.) UP TO 50

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N Y FOREST HISTORY

DATE % FOREST COVER DEER/SQUARE MILE

1600 95% 5 - 10

1880 15% 0

1960 60% (EST.) UP TO 50

2013 63% 10 - 50

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2010 CORNELL STUDY

INPUT FROM 197 FORESTERS

“HARDWOOD REGENERATION IS … SUCCESSFUL IN ONLY 30% OF FOREST STANDS”

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2010 STUDY BYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY

BASED ON 1647 USDA FOREST INVENTORY DATA PLOTS

“REGENERATION ADEQUATEON ONLY 43% OF DATA PLOTS”

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AGE RANGE OF SECONDARY FORESTS60 TO 120 YEARS

WITHOUT REGENERATION, WHAT WILL OUR FORESTS LOOK LIKE IN FIFTY YEARS WHEN MOST

OF THE CURRENT TREES ARE GONE ?

AVERAGE TREE LIFE80 TO 160 YEARS

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SOLUTIONS INCLUDE

• MANAGING DEER– REDUCING POPULATION– INCREASING HUNTER ACCESS– EXPENSIVE FENCING

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SOLUTIONS INCLUDE

• MANAGING INVASIVE AND INTERFERING VEGETATION

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SOLUTIONS INCLUDE

• EDUCATION• PUBLIC OUTREACH• ADVOCACY

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TREES ARE GOOD

• ONETREE = OXYGEN FOR TWO PEOPLE• CARBON SEQUESTRATION• WATER PURIFICATION• EROSION & FLOOD CONTROL• WILDLIFE HABITAT• RECREATION• 60,000 JOBS• $4.6 BILLION INCOME, EXCLUDING TOURISM• QUALITY OF LIFE

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