RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing eastern hardwoods: Importance of visual impacts to private landowners
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 143
OP 145
VO 39
IS 2
A1 Roberts, P. L.
A1 Vodak, M. C.
YR 1984
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/39/2/143.abstract
AB Photographs were taken and data gathered from sample plots on 16 oakhickory sites subjected to different forest management practices. Two subject groups, 96 private landowners and 100 college students, viewed and evaluated a selected set of 102 slides from the sample plots. The scenic preferences of the landowners and students were evaluated by means of the scenic beauty estimation method. No differences were evident between student and landowner scores. All observers tended to respond least favorably to clearcut scenes and most favorably to lightly thinned and unmanaged stands. Heavily thinned stands occupied a middle position. The most important correlate of the scenic beauty evaluation was the amount and height of dead and down wood.