The Natural Forest Communities of Iowa: A Resource in Trouble

Authors

Gary Hightshoe, Iowa State University

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Based on the original United States Land Office survey, it has been estimated that 18 percent of the total state land area was once covered by forest. Today, less than 4 percent of the Iowa landscape remains in forest. In essence, Iowa's forest lands have a value underrated and misunderstood by most of its citizens. Threatened with exhaustion of our natural forest heritage, it is imperative that the citizens of this state awaken at last to the necessity of protecting what is left. The appreciation, conservation, restoration and wise management of our remaining forest resource must play a critical role within all future planning at state, county and local decision-making levels.

Publication Date

April 1981

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

2

Last Page

15

Copyright

© Copyright 1981 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Hightshoe, Gary (1981) "The Natural Forest Communities of Iowa: A Resource in Trouble," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 18: No. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol18/iss1/2