DFS Resource Assessment - Delaware Department of Agriculture

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction p. 1
II. History p. 2
III. Forest Conditions and Trends p. 4
Criterion 1: Conservation and Biological Diversity p. 4
Criterion 2: Maintenance of Productive Capacity
of Forest Ecosystems p. 17
Criterion 3: Maintenance of Forest Ecosystem
Health and Vitality p. 18
Criterion 4: Conservation and Maintenance
of Soil and Water Resources p. 23
Criterion 5: Maintenance of Forest Contribution
to Global Carbon Cycles p. 27
Criterion 6: Maintenance and Enhancement of
Long-Term Multiple Socio-Economic
Benefits to Meet the Needs of Societies p. 29
Criterion 7: Legal, Institutional, and Economic
Framework for Forest Conservation
and Sustainable Management p. 38
IV. Existing and Emerging Benefits and Services p. 44
V. Issues, Threats, and Opportunities p. 46
VI. Rural Priority Landscape Area p. 53
VII. Urban Priority Landscape Areas p. 64
VIII. Multi-State Regional Priority Landscape Areas p. 68
IX. Forest Assessment Summary p. 77
X. Appendices p. 77