Title: Compare sustainability practices and multiple-use management strategies and their uses to protect and maintain Virginia’s forest ecosystems.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (03063-II) > Section: Investigating Environmental Issues

Comparison should include harvest rates, habitat provisions, sustainability, and management practices related to forestry and recreation uses.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is meant by multiple use?
- How could different multiple-use strategies be described?
- How could one seeking to achieve an optimal balance between environmental management, economic development, and social values, meet the needs of society on a sustainable basis?
- How does management of land or forests for more than one purpose preserve and protect against floods, erosion, and provide for recreation and protection of water supplies?
- How can a multiple-use land management system help to achieve optimum yields of products and services from a given area without impairing the productive capacity of the site?
- How does implementing a multiple-use management system help to prolong resource availability and keep forests and land viable for future yields of precious goods and/or services?