Lesson 1: What exactly is Sustainable Forest Management?

Wow, that is a mouthful isn't it? Lets try to simplify it a little bit. Sustainable forestry is the management of forest ecosystems for the good of all concerned. This means that a forest manager looks at all the stakeholders in a forest system and tries to meet the interests of all of them as much as possible. What is a stakeholder?

So who are the stakeholders in a forest? See if you can figure out a few.

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Here are the clues. Preceding each clue is the number of letters in the answer.

Clue 1: 7 letters. They live in the forest
Clue 2: 6 letters. the base of the food web in a forest
Clue 3: 7 letters. they use the forest to stalk game
Clue 4: 4 letters. removing the forest and allowing sediment into streams impacts these organisms
Clue 5: 6 letters. these folks love to walk through forests
Clue 6: 12 letters. these folks find pleasure in observing and documenting birds in a forest
Clue 7: 5 letters. they nest in trees, feed on seeds, and use them for protection
Clue 8: 9 letters. the person that the land belongs to
Clue 9: 7 letters. these are the people that harvest the trees
Clue 10: 13 letters. a large corporation that manages forests to harvest trees

This activity will challenge students to think about who the major stakeholders are in a forested ecosystem.

Can you think of any others? Try to put together a list of stakeholders in a forest then answer the question below. Once you have finished print it and turn it in to your teacher for credit.