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| ISSUES | SUBISSUES | ||
| Fire | Risk, smoke, excessive fuels, temporary increased erosion, lack of understanding | ||
| Water | Erosion, quality, seasonality of discharge (capture, store, and safe release) | ||
| Riparian | Past degradation and slow recovery, influence on diversity | ||
| Fish | Threatened and endangered species, loss of spawning and rearing areas, loss of dependable water for anadromous fish | ||
| Tree | Death epidemic insect outbreaks, catastrophic fires, overstocked forests | ||
| Livestock | Effects on riparian areas, decline in federal land availability | ||
| Biodiversity | Loss of species, loss of old growth, decline and elimination of corridors | ||
| Wildlife | Loss of habitat (includes specific conditions, i.e. dead and down trees and snags), impacts on private lands, effect on sensitive areas | ||
| Humans | Loss of society and community structure, loss of employment, loss of products for interstate use | ||
| Soils | Retention, physical characteristics, nutrients, microorganisms, processes |
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Last Modified: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 17:05:07 EDT