Lichens take in nutrients from the atmosphere and help feed the forest ecosystem, and all the plant life provides shelter for wildlife.

It can be along the perimeter, at specific elevations, or dispersed throughout the forest ecosystem.

Their traditional knowledge, acquired over centuries of interaction with their surrounding environment, leads the communities to protect and sustain the forest ecosystem.

On a statewide basis, sustainable forest management creates a healthy and diverse forest ecosystem that produces abundant timber and other forest products.

These termites play an important roll in the forest ecosystem and cultivate fungus gardens.