Streamside Reforestation: An Analysis of Ecological Benefits and Societal Perceptions

9613588斯威尼河滨重新造林：生态效益和社会认知的分析。建议将溪边森林作为一种土地利用方式，通过去除营养物质、沉积物和有毒污染物的输入来保护水生生态系统。该项目将溪边森林视为溪流宽度的主要调节器：森林覆盖的小溪比草甸覆盖的范围更宽。森林砍伐造成的河流宽度变化通过对栖息地和水质的影响，对当地和下游的河流生态系统产生了深远的影响。恢复河滨森林的政策既需要记录生态效益，也需要了解影响其执行的社会因素。目标是：(1)了解森林缓冲区、宽度和河流生态系统状况之间的关系；(2)开发有助于指导森林恢复政策的数据库；(3)量化影响河流边森林恢复的社会和经济问题。最终目标是使自然科学和社会科学成为决策者关注的焦点。

9613588 Sweeney Streamside Reforestation: An analysis of ecological benefits and societal perceptions. Streamside forests are recommended as a land use practice to protect aquatic ecosystems by removing inputs of nutrients, sediments, and toxic contaminants. This project views streamside forests as the primary regulator of stream width: small forested streams are wider than meadow reaches. The alteration of stream width that results from deforestation profoundly influences the stream ecosystem, both locally and downstream through effects on habitat and water quality. Policies to restore streamside forests will require both documentation of ecological benefits and an understanding of societal factors affecting their implementation. Objectives are to: (I) understand the relationship between forest buffers, width, and stream ecosystem condition; (ii) develop data bases that can help guide forest restoration policies; and (iii) quantify social and economic issues affecting streamside forest restoration. The ultimate goal is to bring natural and social science components into focus for decision makers.