Creative silvicultural prescriptions and timber harvest can achieve at
tractive scenic character throughout a travel corridor. Viewsheds-the
view of a landscape from a single point such as an overlook, camp, or
picnic grounds-can display the cumulative effects of timber harvest an
d management activities and provide attractive landscapes for human en
joyment. Viewsheds and corridor viewsheds-a series of views along a ro
ad, trail, or waterway-are special places for visitors and residents.
People know and relate to them by name and through memories of previou
s visits. Viewsheds are unique and important because they can be manag
ed as a sequence of interrelated spaces-the way visitors experience th
em.