BOTANY 205 FILM STUDY GUIDE Common Ground: Changing Values and the National Forests NSC 1536 (25 m) 1. What are the differences between areas of our country designated "National Parks" and those designated"National Forests?" 2. What are some of the uses that National Forests are put to in the United States? 3. What balance do managers of National Forests try to achieve? 4. Discuss the pros and cons of each of the following types of land use for National Forests: a. Wilderness areas b. timber harvest and logging operations. 5. Many of the people utilizing National Forest land come from Urban environments. What special problems does this fact present to the managers of National Forests? To the communities that border these National Forests? 6. Is our nation in danger of running out of harvestable timber? Explain. recreation logging timber conservation oil mature (old growth) forest minerals reforestation hunting multiple use forest fishing forest scientists grazing ecology land use renewable resource wilderness areas