Forest preservation

Manage the Adirondack and Catskill forest preserves and recreational facilities, including campsites and the Belleayre Mountain ski center Protect tidal and freshwater wetlands and flood plains... 

Wildfire is a very important factor in western forest ecosystems. In the San Bernardino Mountains, the fire frequencies were determined by McBride and Laven in two stand types before and after 1893, when the area was first set aside as a forest preserve and fire protection began. Before 1893, the average interval between fires in ponderosa stands was 12 yr after 1893, it was 24 yr. The comparable numbers for Jeffrey pine stands were 16 and 38 yr. The buildup of heavy fuels due to ozone-caused mortality and fire protection results in hotter fires, and the thinning of the tree canopy results in increased rates of fire spread. Hotter fires decrease tree survival. Moisture interception by condensation in living tree crowns would decrease as the stands became thinner, thus causing some sites to be drier. ... 

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The New York State Constitution mandates that the Adirondack forest preserve be maintained as forever wild, potentially overruling the commercial motivations of buyers, sellers, and even the public at large. This makes sense as a form of precommitment. 

Horseback riding one Saturday afternoon in the Cook County Forest Preserve twenty miles southwest of Chicago, Arthur and Betty Compton found an isolated, scenic site fa the pile building, a terminal moraine forested with hawthome and scrub oak known as the Argoime Forest The Army s Nichols negotiated with the county to use the land Stone Webster began planning construction. 

Figure 1. Cranberry Lake and Stillwater Reservoir locations in relation to the Adirondack Forest Preserve, New York.

Cranberry Lake is located in the northwest portion of the Adirondack Forest Preserve (Figure 1). The lake was enlarged to its present 28 lCranberry lake shoreline is State controlled the area is sparcely populated and there are no industrial discharges into the lake watershed. 

By June 2001, more than 150 multi-country projects had been registered with the UNFCCC. Most of these related to renewable energy and energy efficiency, but the largest involved forest preservation or restoration. 

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