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Full-Text Articles in Forest Sciences
Meeting Minutes, September 15th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee
Meeting Minutes, September 15th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee
National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes
Agenda: Old Business; Treasurers Report.; Membership Report.; Merchandise Report.; Magazine Report.; Yearbook Report.; Trails Program.; Evergreen Museum.; Nsa Records Scanning Project.; Us Forest Service Museum.; Glacier Beer.; Additional Nsa Videos.; Status Of 2000 Data Base At The Sj Bases.; Reunion 2004.; New Business; Officers For Next Year.; Next Meeting Date.; Museum Of Mountain Flying.; Meeting Adjourned.;
Public Conservation Land And Economic Growth In The Northern Forest Region, David Lewis
Public Conservation Land And Economic Growth In The Northern Forest Region, David Lewis
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Environmental issues frequently revolve around a perceived tradeoff between the economy and the environment. In the Northern Forest region, one of the most important environmental policy issues of recent years has been the ownership of vast stretches of undeveloped forestland. Specifically, the possibility of increasing public conservation ownership on these lands has emerged. Opponents of conservation lands often argue that employment will decline significantly when land is diverted from commodity-oriented uses such as forest products production. Proponents of conservation lands frequently cite the amenity benefits of conservation lands and the potential to diversify and stimulate the economy by designating more …
Meeting Minutes, June 16th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
Meeting Minutes, June 16th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes
Agenda: Board of Directors Elected; Term Completed; Treasurer's Report; Membership Report; Merchandise Report; Magazine Report; Other Museum-Related Actions; NSA Website; Relational Database; Digitizing NSA Records; Yearbook report; Trails Project; Investment Fund; Commercial Purposes; Video Report; Planning Chairman; NEW BUSINESS; Election of new officers; Reunion 2004; Teleconferencing; Award Certificates; Next Meetings; Magazine Deadline; Missoula Visitor's Center; Adjourn;
Meeting Minutes, April 7th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee
Meeting Minutes, April 7th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee
National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes
Agenda: Magazine Report.; Merchandise Report.; Video Report.; Membership Report.; Financial Report.; Evergreen Museum.; Digitizing old NSA Documents.; NSA History Book.; Web Site.; Database Protocol.; Guidelines For NSA Socials.; Upcoming June Meeting in Missoula.; Other Items.; Adjourn.;
Determining Differences In The Spatial Distribution Of Forest Structure On The Kaibab Plateau: Implications For Forest Management And The Northern Goshawk, Ryan S. Miller
Other Publications in Wildlife Management
The Kaibab Plateau, in North Central Arizona, has undergone extensive change in the last 100 years due to land management practices such as logging, road building, and fire suppression. The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) has been a center of controversy, due to the potential effects of silvicultural practices on goshawk breeding habitat (Reynolds-1983, Bloom et al 1986, Kennedy 1989, Crocker-Bedford 1990). Current and past research efforts on the Kaibab Plateau have mapped Goshawk nesting territories and temporal change in nesting behavior and success. However, these research efforts have not determined how long-term spatial changes in land-use activities that have influenced …
The Chainsaw And The White Oak: From Astrobiology To Environmental Sustainability, Leo R. Finkenbinder, Dwight E. Neuenschwander
The Chainsaw And The White Oak: From Astrobiology To Environmental Sustainability, Leo R. Finkenbinder, Dwight E. Neuenschwander
Faculty Scholarship – Biology
An American biology professor befriends a Costa Rican farmer who through their relationship stops farming and forest clearing to establish a tourist and research center devoted to saving the country's cloud forest. The Chacon family's experience provides a studied model of sustainability, known in environmental circles as the "White Oak Model."
Meeting Minutes, February 17th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
Meeting Minutes, February 17th, 2001, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes
Agenda: Old Business.; Magazine Report.; Merchandise Report.; Moosehead Beer.; Evergreen Aviation Museum.; NSA Property in the Mountain Flying Museum.; Membership Report.; Trail Maintenance Program.; NSA Missoula Office.; Reunion Video.; Next Board Meeting.; New Business.; appoint Dave Bennett as Secretary/Board of Directors.; Next NSA Reunion.; Smokejumper Video.; Adjourn.; Addendum: Summary of Grangeville meeting.;
Tiger Restoration In Asia: Ecological Theory Vs. Sociological Reality, Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus, Neil Franklin
Tiger Restoration In Asia: Ecological Theory Vs. Sociological Reality, Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus, Neil Franklin
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Crossing Methodological Boundaries: Assessing Visitor Motivations And Support For Management Actions At Yellowstone National Park Using Quantitative And Qualitative Research Approaches, William T. Borrie, Wayne A. Freimund, Mae A. Davenport, Robert E. Manning
Crossing Methodological Boundaries: Assessing Visitor Motivations And Support For Management Actions At Yellowstone National Park Using Quantitative And Qualitative Research Approaches, William T. Borrie, Wayne A. Freimund, Mae A. Davenport, Robert E. Manning
Society and Conservation Faculty Publications
Winter use of Yellowstone National Park has given rise to a complex of management issues, including rapid growth in recreation demand, environmental impacts of snowmobiling, and a string of litigation against the National Park Service (NPS) designed to both protect park resources and maintain public access (Sacklin et al. 2000). The intertwined character of these problems suggests that none can be resolved independently of the other, that policy must be comprehensive in nature, and that many sources of knowledge may be required to effect their resolution.
Development, Testing, And Implementation Of The Temple-Inland, Inc. Sustainable Forest Management System (Tinsms), 2001, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture
Development, Testing, And Implementation Of The Temple-Inland, Inc. Sustainable Forest Management System (Tinsms), 2001, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture
eBooks
No abstract provided.
Reforestation Of Harvested Timberlands In Mississippi: Behavior And Attitudes Of Non-Industrial, Private Forest Landowners, J. E. Gunter, Steven H. Bullard, M. L. Doolittle, K. G. Arano
Reforestation Of Harvested Timberlands In Mississippi: Behavior And Attitudes Of Non-Industrial, Private Forest Landowners, J. E. Gunter, Steven H. Bullard, M. L. Doolittle, K. G. Arano
Faculty Publications
Southern forests play an increasingly important role in the timber economy as per capita demand for wood continues to expand. Moreover, harvest restrictions in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1990s shifted a large portion of United States demand for softwoods to the South. In Mississippi, most of the forestland is owned by non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners. Approximately 314,000 NIPF landowners control 66 percent of the state’s forestland base (Hartsell and London 1995). The sizable acreage of timberland held by NIPF landowners nationally and in-state underscores the importance of their role in the timber economy and weighs heavily in …
Geospatial Analysis Of Reflectance And Ndvi Values In The Angelina Forest Ecosystem, Peter P. Siska, I-Kuai Hung
Geospatial Analysis Of Reflectance And Ndvi Values In The Angelina Forest Ecosystem, Peter P. Siska, I-Kuai Hung
Faculty Presentations
The aerial photographs and subsequently remote sensed imagery have been used for decades in classified landcover mapping, forest inventory, management, and evaluation of renewable resources. However, the implementation of geostatistical methods in remote sensing is of a newer date. In this study the variogram modeling is used to analyze the spatial structure of a forest canopy. The biomass and wood production can be evaluated in the studied area using NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) values and kriging. The study area is located within the Angelina National Forest in the Neches River Basin. The Angelina Forest is an important part of …
Geospatial Analysis Of Reflectance And Ndvi Values In The Angelina Forest Ecosystem, I-Kuai Hung
Geospatial Analysis Of Reflectance And Ndvi Values In The Angelina Forest Ecosystem, I-Kuai Hung
Faculty Presentations
The aerial photographs and subsequently remote sensed imagery have been used for decades in classified landcover mapping, forest inventory, management, and evaluation of renewable resources. However, the implementation of geostatistical methods in remote sensing is of a newer date. In this study the variogram modeling is used to analyze the spatial structure of a forest canopy. The biomass and wood production can be evaluated in the studied area using NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) values and kriging. The study area is located within the Angelina National Forest in the Neches River Basin. The Angelina Forest is an important part of …
Overcoming America's Wood Deficit: An Overlooked Option, Carl E. Fiedler, Stephen F. Arno, Charles E. Keegan, Keith A. Blatner
Overcoming America's Wood Deficit: An Overlooked Option, Carl E. Fiedler, Stephen F. Arno, Charles E. Keegan, Keith A. Blatner
Forest Management Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Forester's Dilemma : Paradoxes In The Criteria And Indicators For Sustainable Forestry, Theodore E. Howard
The Forester's Dilemma : Paradoxes In The Criteria And Indicators For Sustainable Forestry, Theodore E. Howard
New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
Since sustainable forestry is a complex endeavor, paradoxes naturally exist in the certification criteria and indicators. There are different ways to establish the sustainability horizon and alternative harvest profiles that, although sustainable, may not meet specific criteria. The application of historic range of variation data and criteria must confront issues of time and spatial scales as well as how much human disturbance is natural. Defining “local” in the bioregional context is important for addressing socioeconomic criteria. The forester’s ability to deal with the self-contradictions in the criteria and indicators of sustainable forestry will improve with experience in the certification process.
Decomposition Rate Comparisons Between Frequently Burned And Unburned Areas Of Uneven-Aged Loblolly Pine Stands In Southeastern Arkansas, Michele Renschin, Hal O. Leichty, Michael G. Shelton
Decomposition Rate Comparisons Between Frequently Burned And Unburned Areas Of Uneven-Aged Loblolly Pine Stands In Southeastern Arkansas, Michele Renschin, Hal O. Leichty, Michael G. Shelton
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Although fire has been used extensively over long periods of time in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) ecosystems, little is known concerning the effects of frequent fire use on nutrient cycling and decomposition. To better understand the long-term effects of fire on these processes, foliar litter decomposition rates were quantified in a study investigating prescribed fire and uneven-aged loblollypine management in the Upper Coastal Plain in Arkansas. Part of the study area had been burned on a 2- to 3-year cycle since 1981, whereas another portion had not received any prescribed fires. Decomposition rates were determined by placing foliar litter …
Climate Change And Forest Disturbances, V. H. Dale, L. A. Joyce, S. Mcnulty, R. P. Neilson, M. P. Ayres, M. D. Flannigan, P. J. Hanson, L. C. Irland, A. E. Lugo, C. J. Peterson, D. Simberloff, F. J. Swanson, B. J. Stocks, B. M. Wotton
Climate Change And Forest Disturbances, V. H. Dale, L. A. Joyce, S. Mcnulty, R. P. Neilson, M. P. Ayres, M. D. Flannigan, P. J. Hanson, L. C. Irland, A. E. Lugo, C. J. Peterson, D. Simberloff, F. J. Swanson, B. J. Stocks, B. M. Wotton
The Bark Beetles, Fuels, and Fire Bibliography
No abstract provided.
Approaches To Measuring Quality Of The Wilderness Experience, William T. Borrie, Robert M. Birzell
Approaches To Measuring Quality Of The Wilderness Experience, William T. Borrie, Robert M. Birzell
Society and Conservation Faculty Publications
Wilderness is a special place that provides opportunity for unique and profound experiences. An essential task for the maintenance of these recreational opportunities is the definition and monitoring of experience quality. Four approaches to the measurement of the wilderness experience have developed in over 30 years of research: satisfaction approaches (which focus on evaluation of onsite conditions), benefits-based approaches (focusing on psychological outcomes), experience-based approaches (describing cognitive states experienced in wilderness), and meanings-based approaches (documenting socially constructed meanings ascribed to the experience). Each approach has its strengths and weaknesses. Given that the wilderness experience is a multifaceted phenomenon, it is …
Implications Of Longterm Diameter-Limit Harvesting: Effects On Radial Growth Of Red Spruce (Picea Rubens) And Genetic Diversity Of White Pine (Pinus Strobus), Kerry Ann Sokol
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
For over 3 centuries, diameter-limit harvesting has been a predominant logging method in the northeastern United States. Silvicultural theory asserts that such intensively selective harvesting can lead to genetic degradation. A decrease in softwood productivity has recently been reported in Maine - has a long history of dysgenic selection degraded the genetic resources of Maine softwoods, contributing to a decrease in growth and productivity? This study examines two aspects of potential implications of diameter-limit harvesting: effects on residual phenotypes of red spruce and impacts on genetic diversity of white pine. Radial growth of residual red spruce trees in stands experiencing …
Certification And Labeling Of Forest Products: Will It Lead To More Environmentally Benign Forestry In Maine?, Mario F. Teisl, Stephanie Peavey, Kelly O’Brien
Certification And Labeling Of Forest Products: Will It Lead To More Environmentally Benign Forestry In Maine?, Mario F. Teisl, Stephanie Peavey, Kelly O’Brien
Maine Policy Review
From a supply and demand point of view, the trend toward forest-products certification appears simple: some retail consumers may prefer to buy products from forests managed in an environmentally sound way while some forest owners may be willing to alter their management practices in order to sell to these consumers. However, as the authors indicate, the issue of communicating to consumers the degree of “environmental good” being purchased can be complicated and may be a factor affecting the long-term success of certification programs. The authors present the results of a recent survey that assessed the use of two types of …
Assessing Forest Damage And Tree Response To Ice Storm Injury In Thinned And Unthinned Hardwood Stands In Maine, Julie Lee Swisher
Assessing Forest Damage And Tree Response To Ice Storm Injury In Thinned And Unthinned Hardwood Stands In Maine, Julie Lee Swisher
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In January 1998, a severe ice storm struck the northeastern United States, causing severe injury to forested areas. Forest damage from ice storms is a result of glaze formation on twigs and branches. Ice storms are recognized as severe disturbances due to their highly destructive nature as a result of ice glaze. Researchers and landowners have been concerned that thinned stands are more susceptible to ice injury than their unthinned counterparts. Thinned stands have fewer trees per area and thus less inter-tree support. In addition, the effects of wind maybe greater in thinned stands. The objectives of this study were …
Financial Returns To Northeast Forestland, Julie Rodenberg
Financial Returns To Northeast Forestland, Julie Rodenberg
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Throughout the past two decades, investors have become increasingly interested in forestland investment. During this time, land has been bought and sold at an increasing pace in the Northeast. Many of the buyers and sellers are interested in timberland exclusively as an investment. This study was divided into two sections. Part one used statewide stumpage data for 17 species-product combinations fiom 1960- 1 999 to explore the impact of property taxes, federal income tax and favorable capital gains treatment on real, after-tax rates of return to forest land in Maine. Property taxes, income taxes, and favorable capital gains taxes were …
Visitor Behaviors And Resource Impacts At Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Rex Turner
Visitor Behaviors And Resource Impacts At Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Rex Turner
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The summit of Cadillac Mountain, located in Maine's Acadia National Park, can be reached via three hiking trails and a scenic auto road. This site attracts over an estimated two million visitors per year. Most of this visitation is concentrated from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The sensitive sub-alpine nature of the site, coupled with high visitation rates, has created a scenario where significant vegetation and soil damage occurs. Additionally, Acadia National Park has experienced chronic problems at this site stemming from visitors altering, destroying, or constructing cairns (pyramid shaped piles of rocks built by trail crews to mark trails …
Tiger Restoration In Asia: Ecological Theory Vs. Sociological Reality, Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus, Neil Franklin
Tiger Restoration In Asia: Ecological Theory Vs. Sociological Reality, Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus, Neil Franklin
Philip J. Nyhus
No abstract provided.