Land Use History of North America (LUHNA)

Publisher: USGS | Format: URL

biology.usgs.gov — This website addresses some of these questions for several regions of North America, conveying the importance of a historical context for understanding ongoing changes in land cover and land use. It also aims to inspire scientists, educators, and science administrators to contribute to the development of a comprehensive land-use history of North More... This website addresses some of these questions for several regions of North America, conveying the importance of a historical context for understanding ongoing changes in land cover and land use. It also aims to inspire scientists, educators, and science administrators to contribute to the development of a comprehensive land-use history of North America to guide environmental policy and management decisions during the coming century and beyond. The work presented here is the beginning of what is hoped will become a much larger effort to develop data products and analytical tools that will allow researchers, resource managers, educators, and the general public to explore and analyze the fascinating history of human land use and changes in land cover. This website contains, but is not exclusive to, the contents of the book: Sisk, T.D., editor. 1998. Perspectives on the land use history of North America: a context for understanding our changing environment. Less...