Abstract
State agencies responsible for the use, management, and protection of forests have increased in number and have become increasingly more diverse in mission and organization. A 2000-2001 assessment of state agencies affecting forest conditions in the North found that such agencies are dispersed over all sectors and levels of state government; a state's lead forestry agency often is only a small piece in the puzzle of state agencies affecting forests; consequences of fragmented state agency responsibility for forests generally are adverse, especially public confusion over agency roles and lack of integrated resource management; and coordination among state agencies affecting forest conditions takes many forms, although its occurrence generally is modest.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 74-76 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Northern Journal of Applied Forestry |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2007 |
Keywords
- Government agencies
- Program coordination
- State forestry