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Sustainable Forests

Forests in the Southeastern United States--including Florida--can be sustained, but face tremendous challenges. That's the finding of a new report, described as the most comprehensive scientific study ever on U.S. Forests. John Greis, with the U.S. Forest Service helped lead the assessment...

Maintaining Southeastern Forests

Though they face challenges, scientists say the 200 million acres of forests in the Southeast United States can be sustained. That's a key finding in a new forest assessment, prepared in part by the U.S. Forest Service's John Greis...

Competition for Southeast Forests

A new report on forests in the Southeast U.S. says that the greatest to forest sustainability over time comes in the form of urbanization. Not only people and cities, but also other impacts. John Greis is co-leader of the Forest Assessment...

Forests, privately owned

Of the roughly 200 million acres of forests in the Southeast United States, nearly 90% of the acreage is privately owned. And according to a new report on Southeast Forests, that presents a challenge in managing the lands. The U.S. Forest Service's John Greis helped compile the forest assessment which shows an ownership trend away from industrial users and toward smaller parcels in ownership...

Florida's forest challenges

In a new federal report on the sustainability of forests in the Southeast U.S., Florida gets some special attention. Co-leader of the forest assessment is the U.S. Forest Service's John Greis, who says not all the Florida data is good...