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Forest Management

Can the West Stay Wild?: Policy on vast public lands has favored ranchers. Demographics and economics may alter that equation now. http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/02/17/can-america’s-west-stay-wild/

Heiken, D. 2007. The Straight Facts on Forests, Carbon, and Global Warming. Available at http://tinyurl.com/2by9kt.: "Forests are the most significant terrestrial stores of living carbon and their destruction and mismanagement over the last century has contributed significantly to the carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution that threatens our climate." This report explains the science behind the critical role our forests play in managing global warming.

Habitat Fragmentation and the Effects of Roads on Wildlife and Habitats: This document by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is intended for use as a resource to assist in assessing the potential impacts of roads and highways on terrestrial and aquatic habitats, species, and ecosystem processes. This review is compiled of relatively current peer-reviewed and scientific “grey” literature, and is not meant to be all-inclusive, but presents a range of potential impacts of roads and highways to species, habitats, and ecological processes.