{"id":5035,"date":"2021-09-13T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodeislandwoods.uri.edu\/?page_id=5035"},"modified":"2023-05-15T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T15:27:59","slug":"the-value-of-rhode-island-forests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/ri-woodland-partnership\/the-value-of-rhode-island-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Rhode Island Forests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2078\/RIWP_Walk_Burrillville_July2021_400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2078\/RIWP_Walk_Burrillville_July2021_400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2078\/RIWP_Walk_Burrillville_July2021_400x300-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2078\/RIWP_Walk_Burrillville_July2021_400x300-364x273.jpeg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhode Island\u2019s forests and trees may seem like a green backdrop to our state landscape, but they are in fact hard at work generating a wide range of services and values. We depend on forests for the clean air we breathe and the wood we use. Forests are a place where humans and native wildlife can live and thrive by providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans. They also offer watershed protection, prevent soil erosion and mitigate climate change. Forest conservation brings economic benefits to Rhode Island cities and towns. The forest and wood products sector generated nearly 2,500 jobs with $408 million in gross sales in 2016, while forest-based outdoor recreation contributes over $720 million annually to Rhode Island\u2019s economy. Funded by a grant from the US Forest Service, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dem.ri.gov\/programs\/bnatres\/forest\/pdf\/forest-value.pdf\"><strong>detailed 2019 report<\/strong><\/a> on <em><strong>The Value of Rhode Island&#8217;s Forests<\/strong><\/em> outlines the benefits the state\u2019s forests provide and offers a range of potential strategies to encourage forest conservation. A brief <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2078\/TheValueofRIForests_Executive_Summary.pdf\"><strong>executive summary<\/strong><\/a> of the report summarizes these findings and strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also published in 2019, a report based on research conducted by URI provides a snapshot of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/links\/sproule_et_al_2019_economic_impact_of_ri_forestry_and_wood_products_sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the economic impact of Rhode Island&#8217;s forestry and wood products sector<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhode Island\u2019s forests and trees may seem like a green backdrop to our state landscape, but they are in fact hard at work generating a wide range of services and values. We depend on forests for the clean air we breathe and the wood we use. Forests are a place where humans and native wildlife [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":2609,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5035","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5940,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5035\/revisions\/5940"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rhodeislandwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}