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The following principles guide our work.
- We recognize that individual landowner goals may vary and the ultimate decision to participate in NALMC or NALMC sanctioned projects rests solely with each landowner within the NALMC neighborhood.
- People, both landowners and the general public, have legitimate needs for the ecological, social, and economic values of forests, wildlife, and other natural resources.
- The well being of society is dependent on responsible land stewardship that places the highest priority on the maintenance and enhancement of resources across the landscape including wildlife and plant diversity, water quality, forest productivity, and others.
- Maintenance and enhancement of resources across the landscape can be best achieved when lands are looked upon as a component of a landscape rather than as an entity unto itself.
- Taking a landscape approach requires that public land and private lands complement the functions and values of one another.
- Any stewardship activities that take place on a property should be grounded in established scientific principles and practices.
- Our knowledge of forest resources, wildlife habitats, and other natural resources is limited. Therefore, responsible land stewardship will require continuous learning based on field observation and experience as well as academic learning.
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