The Southern Forest Futures Project: Technical Report

Abstract

The Southern Forest Futures Project provides a science-based “futuring” analysis of the forests of the 13 States of the Southeastern United States. With findings organized in a set of scenarios and using a combination of computer models and science synthesis, the authors of the Southern Forest Futures Project examine a variety of possible futures that could shape forests and the many ecosystem services and values that forests provide. The science findings and modeling results could inform management and policy analysis of the South’s forests. In the chapters of this technical report, the authors provide detailed findings and results as well as sets of key findings and implications.

Titles contained within The Southern Forest Futures Project: Technical Report

• Design of the Southern Forest Futures Project
• Constructing Alternative Futures
• Climate Change Summary
• Forecasts of Land Uses
• Forecasts of forest conditions
• Forest Ownership Dynamics of Southern Forests
• Outdoor Recreation in a Shifting Societal Landscape
• Outdoor Recreation
• Markets
• Forest Biomass-Based Energy
• Effect of Taxes and Financial Incentives on Family-Owned Forest Land
• Employment and Income Trends and Projections for Forest-Based Sectors in the U.S
• Forests and Water
• Wildlife and Forest Communities
• The Invasion of Southern Forests by Nonnative Plants: Current and Future Occupation, with Impacts, Management Strategies, and Mitigation Approaches
• Invasive Pests—Insects and Diseases
• Fire

Citation

Wear, David N.; Greis, John G., eds. 2013. The Southern Forest Futures Project: Technical Report. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-GTR-178. Asheville, NC: USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 542 p.