Forest Restoration

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Many people do not understand the definition of restoration. Restoration of the forest is returning it to its most natural state. However, the forest is not a single use area; it houses some of the most important recourses on Earth. Furthermore, it generates revenue for more than one industry in the United States economy. There are two types of restoration, active and passive but, the focus of this paper is to describe some of the most common active restoration techniques and how it positively influences the environment and economy There are many ways and techniques of restoration some using heavy machinery and some using no equipment at all. To attain ecological sustainability biological diversity is a necessity (Service) One technique is called passive restoration; many times passive restoration can be easily confused with passive management or neglect (Vining). Passive restoration is the cessation of activities that are causing degradation or preventing recovery. The process of passive restoration the land naturally goes through its own restoration process.. With out diversity it is difficult to build defence against change or disturbance. The main focus however is on different goals and techniques for active restoration. One purpose of restoring the forest is to maintain a strong ecosystem so that it can accommodated short-term stress and adapt to long-term change (Brown). There are over thirty thousand miles of road that run through the Payette National Forest and the forest service only had funding to maintain four thousand miles of road (Crawford). Since many miles of road cannot be maintained, it is up to the Forest Service to determine which roads will be maintained. Some roads are put on what is called a rotation plan. T...

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