Play area
Walking path
Horseshoe pits
Fragmentation
Activity
Shelter sources
Why are forests so important?
Reproductive partners
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2950872087_6951c
6860b.jpg
Water sources
http://naturescrusaders.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/mates
.jpg
Food sources
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/
http://library.byways.org/display.php/Illinois%20River%20Road%20Bann
3209053921_4bf4e02513.jpg
er%20Marsh_500px.JPG?ID=45479&FILE=Illinois_River_Road_Banner_M
arsh_500px.JPG
http://www.happyearth.com.au/storage/food-garden/Food%20Forest-Six%20Weeks.jp
Inner vs Edge
of Forest
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBritishIsles/pages/v1s1-204-On-the-Edge-of-Sherwood-Forest/
http://depts.washington.edu/rabep/Birds.3.jpg
http://jamestaggart.com/images/DigitalForest1.jpg
Inner species
Nesting birds
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Bird_n
est_in_grass.jpg
Jack in the pulpit
http://www.ontariowildflower.com/images/jackinthepulpitlv.jpg
Lady Fern
http://www.fernridgefarms.com/images/LadyFern.jpg
Edge dwellers
White Tailed Deer
http://myfwc.com/critters/images/deer.jpg
Red Tailed Hawks
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/caribbean/wildlife-facts/2005/wildlifefacts_images_2005/red-tailed_hawk.jpg
Humans create edge…

disrupting the
continuity of the
forest…making it
hard for some
species to get
the requirements
they need.
What is a land use plan?
A plan for development of the land
that encourages the sustainability of
both the living and non-living
organisms found on that land.
To create a sustainable land use plan,
you must consider several aspects of
the environment:
http://www.baidas.net/public/images/aq01.JPG
Urban Use

this includes
human
settlement
uses such as
urban
roadways,
pipelines for
sanitation
purposes,
electricity, etc.
http://www.londonderrynh.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/20070828_air-elwood.jpg
Agriculture

this includes farming,
orchards, etc
.
http://www.beaverstown.com/images/AppleOrchard1.jpg
http://www.sewickleycreek.
com/images/waterways.jpg
Waterways
http://www.fws.gov/ChesapeakeBay/Newsletter/S
ummer05/Streams/Flowing%20stream.gif

These must
be considered
for
development
plans…what
issues might
you
encounter
that would
change your
plan?
Mining Operations

this includes all
mining needed
to acquire a
needed
resource.
http://wwwtest.enbridgeexpansion.com/uploadedImages/Enbridge_Exp
ansion/Other_Resources/oil-sands-pic.gif
Preservation

Minimizing development so that the least
amount of disruption occurs to landscape.
Preserving
some
amount of intact
forest to help
maintain the
inner/edge
habitats of original
landscape.