Social Dimensions


	To better understand and explain the interrelationships between people and natural environments.

	How do people impact the environment? As society changes our values change also. What do people expect and want from both public and private forestlands? How do public policies affect how we manage forests? How does changing population distribution affect forest productivity and management?
	How can we have both sustainable communities and ecosystems? How does public forest management affect the quality-of-life in rural communities? How do decisions regarding wildfire management affect communities at the edge of the wildland-urban interface? How can communities come together to improve forest management decision-making?

	Pamela J. Jakes, Project Leader, contact David N. Bengston, Research Forester, contact Robert G. Haight, Research Forester, contact Phyllis Moline – Administrative Assistant, contact Stephanie Snyder, Operations Research Analyst, contact