Practical social assessments for national forest planning.

Pamela J. Jakes; Thomas Fish; Deborah Carr; Dale Blahna

doi:10.2737/NC-GTR-198

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Practical social assessments for national forest planning.

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Authors:

Pamela J. Jakes, Thomas Fish, Deborah Carr, Dale Blahna

Year:

1998

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-GTR-198

Source:

General Technical Report NC-198. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Residents of northern Wisconsin identified functional communities--geographic areas in which people share perceptions of and relationships to forests and natural resources. Functional communities are a useful concept for displaying social information for forest management and planning.

Keywords

community analysis, social assessment, functional groups

Citation

Jakes, Pamela; Fish, Thomas; Carr, Deborah; Blahna, Dale. 1998. Practical social assessments for national forest planning. General Technical Report NC-198. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station