Human activities in bottomland hardwood forests are identified as: 1) those that are nonobtrusive to natural forest functions, and 2) those that inherently alter the forest and its functions. The regulations that define the public’s involvement in wetland use decisions suggest consideration of multiple factors. While economic evaluation of activities is seen as one such factor, other nonmonetary valuations should be considered. Results of the Cultural/Recreational/Economic Workgroup’s evaluation of forest-altering activities on four natural forest uses—sensory experience, recreation, information storage, and renewable harvesting—are presented. Although the results are qualitative, they give insight into the direction of impacts, positive or negative.