Group IX – Natural Resources Seminar

Group IX participants gathered for their final seminar at Kemp Station in Woodruff July 9-12, 2002. Seminar Co-Chairs were Al Anderson, Professor, UW Extension, Center for Economic Development, and Dave Marcouiller, Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UW-Madison.

The group explored ecosystem management from political, scientific, and societal aspects. They examined the impact of human intervention on forest and water resources to maximize public and private benefits while ameliorating negative effects. Ecological aspects involved limnology (study of lakes) and silviculture (ecology of forest stands) with associated impacts on wildlife/fisheries habitat enhancement, water quality, forest genetics, and biodiversity. Socio-political aspects included public perceptions, development implications, global influences, and social constructs of property rights. Group IX participants also delved into issues associated with Native American treaty rights.