Objectives and Multiple Value Management
Objectives
We encourage you to take a step back and, if you haven’t done so already, begin to form a vision for the future of your woodland.
What is important to you? Wildlife, recreation, investment, natural history, a beautiful vista, diverse plant communities, risk-reduction, or a bit of all of the above? Ask yourself what you want your woodland to be like in one year, in ten years, in 100 years?
Longleaf forests are best suited for individuals who intend to take an active role in the management of their property.
This Conserving Working Lands workbook provides tools and resources that can help you clarify your objectives, plan, and implement management for your land.
Multiple Value Management
Longleaf pine forests provide cultural, natural, and economic values—all on the same acres. By focusing on multiple values of a forest, a woodland owner manages for the ecosystem as a whole and derives benefits from a range of attributes rather than seeking to maximize any one value alone, such as timber or wildlife.
- Multiple Value Management: The Stoddard-Neel Approach to Ecological Forestry– Joseph W. Jones Ecological Center Publication. This publication summarizes the Stoddard-Neel approach to forest management.
- The North Carolina Forest Stewardship Program is a cooperative effort to help owners realize the objective of managing their forests for the benefits they desire. The program is voluntary, and participants receive recognition for achievements in promoting total forest resource management.
- In the North Carolina Tree Farm Program landowners manage their woodland for wood, water, wildlife, and recreation. Foresters from both the private and public sector are available to assist landowners.