Scenic Vistas and the Changing Policy Landscape: Visualizing and Testing the Role of Visual Resources in Ecosystem Management

• DOI: 10.3368/lj.21.1.42
• Publication Date: 2007-11-15T19:42:39Z
• Authors: R. G. Ribe; E. T. Armstrong; P. H. Gobster
• Keywords: Ecosystem Management

The Northwest Forest Plan applies a shift in policy to national forests the U.S. Pacific Northwest, with implications for other public landscapes. This offers potentially strong scenic areas that have historically emphasized clearcutting little visual impact mitigation. These will now emphasize biocentric concerns and harvests formed accordingly. Public perceptions of simulation this landscape transformation indicate it improve beauty large vistas. Changes small vistas nearer viewers still require management. Implications stability management forest aesthetics are discussed.