Finally, this study has not yet addressed additional benefits to
those of carbon sequestration and biodiversity preservation. These
environmental and social benefits from forests include protection of
water quality, benefits for humans from forest products, and work
safety. Longer rotational periods would benefit both water quality
and flood protection since there is more forest biomass to hold
water and release it slowly. Also water quality in local streams may
temporarily deteriorate due to soil erosion with each harvesting
event. More mature forests could provide disproportionately more
wild food sources (e.g.,wild animals that people hunt). Longer rotations
could also reduce the risk of forest worker injury (which increases with
each harvesting event). This study also did not consider other forest