Opinie przewodników beskidzkich na temat kształtowania krajobrazu leśnego w Bieszczadach

The article presents the results of a survey conducted in 2018−2019. The research aimed to determine the opinion of the mountain guides on forest landscape management in the Polish part of the Bieszczady Mountains (SE Poland). The survey included questions related to selected aspects of forest landscape management such as: timber acquisition, engineering forest landscape management with particular regard to the communication accessibility of forests and nature protection. Statistical analyses showed that according to the investigated mountain guides excessive tree felling is carried out in the forests of the Bieszczady Mts. Most of the respondents were of the opinion that in the Bieszczady only manual timber acquisition should take place. The vast majority of the surveyed guides negatively referred to activities related to hardening of the forest roads. Most of them were against the establishing of a new national park in the region. The frequency of guides’ visits to the forests differentiates their views on the establishment of new and extension of existing landscape parks, as well as on the aspect of levelling forest road surfaces.