Longwanqun National Forest
<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/environment-protection-gallery/enviroment-protection-gallery">Return to Environmental Protection</a></h4>
Longwanqun National Forest is a nationally protected nature area in Huinan County, Jilin, China. Geographically, it is part of the western Changbai Mountains. A notable feature of the park are a group of volcanic crater lakes: the Sanjiaolong Crater Lake (Triangle Dragon Crater Lake), Dalong Crater Lake (Big Dragon Crater Lake), Erlong Crater Lake (Medium Dragon Crater Lake), Xiaolong Crater Lake (Small Dragon Crater Lake), Donglong Crater Lake (East Dragon Crater Lake), Nanlong Crater Lake (South Dragon Crater Lake), Hanlong Crater Lake (Dry Dragon Crater Lake). The park is located in the Manchurian mixed forests ecoregion.
Rolf Mueller
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Longwanqun_national_forest_park_creek_2011_07_25.jpg/1024px-Longwanqun_national_forest_park_creek_2011_07_25.jpg
Rolf Mueller
25 July, 2011
Rolf Mueller
The Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwanqun_National_Forest_Park">Wikipedia</a>
Photograph
English & Chinese
Forest
Environment, Longwanqun, Forest, China
China
Forestry Laws
<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/environment-protection-gallery/enviroment-protection-gallery">Return to Environmental Protection</a></h4>
Forestry laws govern activities in designated forest lands, most commonly with respect to forest management and timber harvesting. Ancillary laws may regulate forest land acquisition and prescribed burn practices. Forest management laws generally adopt management policies, such as multiple use and sustained yield, by which public forest resources are to be managed. Governmental agencies are generally responsible for planning and implementing forestry laws on public forest lands, and may be involved in forest inventory, planning, and conservation, and oversight of timber sales. Broader initiatives may seek to slow or reverse deforestation.
Henry Hartley
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Tongass_national_forest_juneau_img_7501.jpg
Henry Hartley
20 September, 2004
Henry Hartley
The Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestry_law">Wikipedia</a>
Photograph
English
Legislation
Environment, Foresty Laws, Legislation, Timber, Forest, Land
United States
Verplanck Colvin, Adirondack Artist
<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/environment-protection-gallery/environment-protection-gallery">Return to Environmental Protection</a></h4>
Today, the United States is home to over 6,600 state park sites which span 14 million acres. The Adirondack Preserve, set up by New York state in the late 19th century, paved the way for the founding of these state parks and other protected lands.
In the mid-1800s, deforestation and farming threatened the Adirondack forests, as well as erosion and flooding. The writer S.H. Hammond recognized the need for protection: "Had I my way, I would mark out a circle of a hundred miles in diameter, and throw around it the protecting aegis of the constitution. I would make it a forest forever. It would be a misdemeanor to chop down a tree and a felony to clear an acre within its boundaries."
Inspired by Hammond's words, Verplanck Colvin (a lawyer, illustrator, author, and topographical engineer with a love of the environment) compiled annual reports of the Adirondack Forest over the course of thirty years. It was Colvin who pushed for the creation of the Adirondack Forest Preserve, explaining that "unless the region be preserved essentially in its present wilderness condition, the ruthless burning and destruction of the forest will slowly, year after year, creep onward ... and vast areas of naked rock, arid sand and gravel will alone remain to receive the bounty of the clouds, unable to retain it." His efforts to convince legislation were successful, and the Preserve was established in 1885.
Verplanck Colvin
https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b48000/3b48900/3b48901r.jpg
Albany State Printer
ca. 1879
Verplanck Colvin
Source: Verplanck Colvin. (2012, July 13). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved Oct 9, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/Rbz90I">http://bit.ly/Rbz90I</a><br /><br />History of the Adirondack Park. (n.d.). New York State Adirondack Park Agency. Retrieved Oct 9, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/RNz0A5">http://bit.ly/RNz0A5</a>
Link: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Division_of_Levels_-_Measurement_of_Whiteface_Mountain.jpg">Wikipedia</a>
Medium: Drawing
English
Park
Whiteface Mountain, State Parks, Conservation, Adirondack Forests, Forest
New York
Smokey Says - Hold 'Til It's Cold… Prevent Forest Fires
<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/environment-protection-gallery/environment-protection-gallery">Return to Environmental Protection</a></h4>
<p>Smokey the Bear PSA</p>
Since 1944, Smokey the Bear has educated generations on the importance of forest/wildfire prevention, and the PSA campaign is the longest running in the United States. The original slogan was “Smokey Says - Care Will Prevent 9 out of 10 Forest Fires,” but was later changed to “Remember... Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires” in 1947. The current slogan, “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires” was implemented in 2001, in response to fires occurring outside of the forest landscape.<br /> <br />As of 2000, this campaign has significantly reduced acreage lost from fires, from 22 million to 8.4 million.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/SMOKEY_SAYS_-_HOLD_%60TIL_IT%27S_COLD..._PREVENT_FOREST_FIRES_-_NARA_-_515434.jpg/426px-SMOKEY_SAYS_-_HOLD_%60TIL_IT%27S_COLD..._PREVENT_FOREST_FIRES_-_NARA_-_515434.jpg
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
1941-1945
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Sources: Wildfire Prevention. (n.d.). In Ad Council. Retrieved Oct 9, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/vZbpxp">http://bit.ly/vZbpxp</a><br /><br />For further exploration please visit <a href="http://www.smokeybear.com/wildfires.asp">http://www.smokeybear.com/wildfires.asp</a> and <a href="https://www.adcouncil.org/Our-Campaigns/Safety/Wildfire-Prevention">http://bit.ly/Qd1VLv</a>
Link: <a href="http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/wwii-posters/img/ww1646-81.jpg">Northwestern University Library</a>
Medium: Poster
English
Campaign
Smokey the Bear, PSA, Wildfire Prevention, Fire, Forest,Wildfires
United States