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Natural Variability as a Management Paradigm. Paleo-Landscape Ecology: Reconstructing the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Pacific Northwest Forests. Natural Resources Management Paradigms. Commodity Production. Species Preservation. Natural Variability. Commodity Production.
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Natural Variability as a Management Paradigm Paleo-Landscape Ecology: Reconstructing the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Pacific Northwest Forests
Natural Resources Management Paradigms Commodity Production Species Preservation Natural Variability
Commodity Production • Maximize the production of one or more commodities • Minimize impacts on other resources
Species Preservation • “…maintain viable populations of all native and desirable non-native species well distributed throughout their range.” (NFMA) • Economic and social consequences are secondary
Natural Variability: The Precautionary Principle of Ecosystem Management • Describe the range of stand and landscape-level conditions that existed in these forests prior to Euro-American settlement • Design management plans that maintain the system somewhere within this range