ABSTRACT:
A considerable amount of forest soils information exists. Little is known, however, about how the information is used by forest managers. New Hampshire foresters were surveyed to determine the importance of forest soils information and the extent to which the foresters used three distinct information sources. The respondents placed a high value on such information, with almost 75 percent indicating that soils information will play an important role in future land use deliberations. More than 70 percent of the respondents had used county soil surveys for forest management decisions during the past year. Less than one-half had used the important forest soils groups or Leak's habitat classification system. Differences in the use rates were attributed primarily to differences in the length of time for which the information sources have been available and the lack of training opportunities and habitat maps for the recently developed information.
Footnotes
Donald G. Hodges is an assistant professor with the Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University, P.O. Drawer FR, Mississippi State, 39762; Victoria N. Parmele is an assistant planner with the New Hampshire Office of State Planning, Concord, 03301; A. E. Luloff is an associate professor with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802; and C. T, Smith, Jr. is an associate professor with the Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 03824. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Publication Number J-7895.
- Copyright 1992 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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