Resources: Forests, Facts, and Fun
For Activists, Academics, Lawyers, and Anyone Else
This page will always be a work in progress. We at Tennessee Heartwood have a mission to share information in order that there be an informed public as the National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges, State Parks, and other public lands belong to the citizenry. All of these lands have ways for the public to get involved in their management. It is often hard for average folks to wade through a lot of technical jargon and sometimes confusing laws. Thus, this page. We hope to share information to help you learn the complex ecology and legal landscape of our public lands.
The science of forest ecology and the laws governing public lands are always change. We hope that we can make a small contribution to keeping folks up to date the best we can.
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Research and Studies. Forest science. Some old, some new. Some pretty academic and some not so hard to read at all.
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Legal Stuff. The laws governing public lands, with some important cases.
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National Forest Timber Sales. Some examples of past timber sale comments, objections, and successful cases. A work in progress, as federal lands law changes often.
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Getting involved. Forest Watch how-to's, dealing with officials, getting the word out.
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Maps and Data. National Forest agency stand maps, project maps, research data, and lots of interesting materials we've gathered via the Freedom of Information Act (some of which has been censored by the agency, however.)
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Freedom of Information Act tips. Writing a FOIA for beginners.
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Some Research We've Done.