Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Forest Management Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2013

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 1 - 30 of 147

Full-Text Articles in Forest Management

Smokejumper Obituary: Foresman, James Buckey "Jim" (Mccall 1957), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Foresman, James Buckey "Jim" (Mccall 1957), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Fusko, George M. (Missoula 1962), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Fusko, George M. (Missoula 1962), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Memorandum - Subject: Gordon Natural Area, Greg R. Weisenstein Dec 2013

Memorandum - Subject: Gordon Natural Area, Greg R. Weisenstein

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

Memorandum from West Chester University President Greg R. Weisenstein announcing the approval of eleven additional acres of undeveloped land to be included in the Robert B. Gordon Natural Area of Environmental Studies.


Smokejumper Obituary: Kelly, Michael P. (Mccall 2012), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Kelly, Michael P. (Mccall 2012), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Anderson, Glenn E. (Grangeville 1962), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Anderson, Glenn E. (Grangeville 1962), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Cumley, Del W. (Missoula 1950), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Cumley, Del W. (Missoula 1950), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Wolf, Howard Lee (Mccall 1953), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Wolf, Howard Lee (Mccall 1953), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Ecological Importance Of Ectomycorrhizal Linkages In The Ozark Mountains And The Fernow Experimental Forests, Shelly Kendra Bursick Dec 2013

Ecological Importance Of Ectomycorrhizal Linkages In The Ozark Mountains And The Fernow Experimental Forests, Shelly Kendra Bursick

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Underground stem-to-stem linkages involving ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are probably important in forest ecosystems, since these linkages could assist in the survival of established trees as well as increasing the growth and development of seedlings and saplings. This study compared forest communities of the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas and the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia by examining species richness, diversity, relative abundance, and the potential for stems to exhibit spatial distribution and clustering patterns that reflected the existence of linkages by ECM fungi. Data on forest communities in the Ozarks were obtained from eight plot locations in Devil's Den …


Effect Of Prescribed Burning In The Forests Of Buffalo National River, Arkansas, Francis Ndar Onduso Dec 2013

Effect Of Prescribed Burning In The Forests Of Buffalo National River, Arkansas, Francis Ndar Onduso

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Prescribed burning (also referred to as controlled or hazard reduction burning) refers to the use of fire under controlled conditions to achieve a desired end product or goal. However, the nature and magnitude of the changes that result from prescribed burning are still incompletely known, and this is especially true for the forests of the Ozarks of northern Arkansas. The overall objective of the research project described herein was to obtain the data necessary to develop a better understanding of these changes, particularly as they relate to the use of prescribed burning as a management technique in the Buffalo National …


Smokejumper Obituary: Light, Richard E. (Cave Junction 1958), National Smokejumper Association Nov 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Light, Richard E. (Cave Junction 1958), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Walker, Steve (Missoula 1968), National Smokejumper Association Nov 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Walker, Steve (Missoula 1968), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Incorporating Cave And Karst Management Into The Forest Plan Revision Process Of Arizona Forests, Ray Keeler, Richard Bohman Nov 2013

Incorporating Cave And Karst Management Into The Forest Plan Revision Process Of Arizona Forests, Ray Keeler, Richard Bohman

National Cave and Karst Management Symposium 2013

Arizona National Forest land managers have a multitude of tasks and priorities; historically, caves and karst management has not been amongst the priorities receiving any significant allocation of resources. When caves and karst management is not included in the Forest Plan, even when large and significant cave and karst areas exist, active cave and karst management often falls below the waterline of available manpower and resources. Additionally, there is entropy associated with normal changes in personnel assignments and new staff coming onboard. When combined with a general lack of written policies and guidelines, these personnel transitions lead to unnecessary degradation …


The Effects Of Large Wildfires On Employment And Wage Growth And Volatility In The Western United States, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Cassandra Moseley, Krista Gebert Nov 2013

The Effects Of Large Wildfires On Employment And Wage Growth And Volatility In The Western United States, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Cassandra Moseley, Krista Gebert

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

We examined the effect of large wildfires on economic growth and volatility in the western United States. We matched wildfire data with quarterly employment and earnings growth data to assess the specific effect of wildfire on employment and wage growth in western US counties. Wildfires generally tended to exhibit positive effects on employment and wage growth in the quarter(s) during which suppression efforts were active. However, this effect transitioned to increased economic volatility following a wildfire. The effect of wildfire also varied by the type of county in which wildfire occurred. The amount of suppression costs invested locally had the …


Smokejumper Obituary: Wolfertz, Roger (Cave Junction 1948), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Wolfertz, Roger (Cave Junction 1948), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Sheehy, Luke Douglas (Redding 2009), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Sheehy, Luke Douglas (Redding 2009), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Conversion Modelling: Simulating Tree Stems, Graeme Palmer Oct 2013

Conversion Modelling: Simulating Tree Stems, Graeme Palmer

Dr Graeme Palmer

Profit in a competitive environment requires information to support efficient resource use in all endeavours including the forest and wood industry. The capacity to estimate value of a stand by modelling trees and simulating conversion along the whole value chain offers the potential to maximise efficiency, by enabling virtual trials of different production, processing and utilisation scenarios. Such a system needs three components, namely a virtual stem maker, a processor and an economic or accounting module. This project seeks to build a virtual stem maker that can define a virtual resource based on minimal field measurements. For decades foresters have …


Smokejumper Obituary: Hilde, Bernard Gulbran (Missoula 1969), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Hilde, Bernard Gulbran (Missoula 1969), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Morris, Walter (Pendleton 1945), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Morris, Walter (Pendleton 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Using Satellite Data With On Site Measurements To Create Estimates Of Biomass As A Baseline For Future Studies Of Caribbean Pine, Jeanné Le Roux, Kaitlyn Pate, Jonathan Chenault, Robert Rossell Oct 2013

Using Satellite Data With On Site Measurements To Create Estimates Of Biomass As A Baseline For Future Studies Of Caribbean Pine, Jeanné Le Roux, Kaitlyn Pate, Jonathan Chenault, Robert Rossell

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

No abstract provided.


Meeting Minutes, October 9th, 2013, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors Oct 2013

Meeting Minutes, October 9th, 2013, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Call to order.; Introductions.; Orientation to site.; Approval of agenda of prior meeting and intervening BOD actions.; Trail Report for 2013.; update on the ongoing Siskiyou Smokejumper Base project.; update on progress of the 2015 NSA Reunion planning.; Wild Land Firefighters Foundation.; Status of KIA plaques.; Scholarship Report.; Parachute development report .; Treasurer's Report/FY 2013-14 Budget Review.; Headstone's for firefighters killed in Montana.; Exploring NSA's potential role in fire/land management.; Presentation & discussion.; Status of Trademark Registration.; Request for Database for health research project.; Website Committee Report.; Magazine/Merchandise Report & Staffing.; Recess for social evening.; Guidelines for GSF.; Long-range …


Smokejumper Obituary: Vonbracht, William F. (Missoula 1968), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Vonbracht, William F. (Missoula 1968), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Urban, Mark T. (Nifc 2003), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Urban, Mark T. (Nifc 2003), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Economic Contribution Of The Agricultural Sector To The Arkansas Economy In 2011, Leah English, Jennie Popp, Wayne Miller Oct 2013

Economic Contribution Of The Agricultural Sector To The Arkansas Economy In 2011, Leah English, Jennie Popp, Wayne Miller

Research Reports and Research Bulletins

This report is the eighth in a series of reports examining agriculture’s economic contribution on the Arkansas economy. Utilizing data from the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), USDA Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), and Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc. (MIG), the economic contribution of agriculture on the Arkansas economy was estimated for the most recent year available, 2011. The total economic contribution of agriculture (direct, indirect, and induced effects) to value added, employment, and labor income was estimated using the Impact Analysis for Planning System (IMPLAN). The economic contributions of agricultural production and processing …


Smokejumper Obituary: Muraro, John (Missoula 1957), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Muraro, John (Missoula 1957), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Las Raíces De La Deforestación En El Departamento Pando, Jeremy Levine-Drizin Oct 2013

Las Raíces De La Deforestación En El Departamento Pando, Jeremy Levine-Drizin

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research paper examines the phenomenon of the recent trend of deforestation in the Pando department in northwestern Bolivia. Historically, the economy of Pando has always been based primarily in agro-forestal extraction activities that provided income to communities without the need to destroy the surrounding forests. The most important of these agro-forestal products have been rubber (primarily during the beginning of the 20th century) and more recently Castaña (Brazilian Nut). Recently however, as the result of various forces, the inhabitants of Pando have begun to cut down there forests at an alarming rate. The most relevant causes of this phenomenon …


Smokejumper Obituary: Black, Argus (Missoula 1961), National Smokejumper Association Sep 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Black, Argus (Missoula 1961), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Stucky, Carroll Jackson (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association Sep 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Stucky, Carroll Jackson (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Smokejumper Obituary: Eigsti, Joseph M. (North Cascades 1945), National Smokejumper Association Sep 2013

Smokejumper Obituary: Eigsti, Joseph M. (North Cascades 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


Climate Change And North American Rangelands: Assessment Of Mitigation And Adaptation Strategies, Linda A. Joyce, David D. Briske, Joel R. Brown, H. Wayne Polley, Bruce A. Mccarl, Derek W. Bailey Sep 2013

Climate Change And North American Rangelands: Assessment Of Mitigation And Adaptation Strategies, Linda A. Joyce, David D. Briske, Joel R. Brown, H. Wayne Polley, Bruce A. Mccarl, Derek W. Bailey

USDA Forest Service / UNL Faculty Publications

Recent climatic trends and climate model projections indicate that climate change will modify rangeland ecosystem functions and the services and livelihoods that they provision. Recent history has demonstrated that climatic variability has a strong influence on both ecological and social components of rangeland systems and that these systems possess substantial capacity to adapt to climatic variability. Specific objectives of this synthesis are to: 1) evaluate options to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and future climate change; 2) survey actions that individuals, enterprises, and social organizations can use to adapt to climate change; and 3) assess options for system transformation when adaptation …


Job Growth And Loss Across Sectors And Time In The Western Us: The Impact Of Large Wildfires, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Cassandra Moseley, Krista Gebert Sep 2013

Job Growth And Loss Across Sectors And Time In The Western Us: The Impact Of Large Wildfires, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Cassandra Moseley, Krista Gebert

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

The link between economic growth and natural hazards has long been studied to better understand the effects of natural hazards on local, regional, and country level growth patterns. However, relatively little generalizable research has focused on wildfires, one of the most common forest disturbances in the western United States (US). We examined the effect of large wildfires on employment growth across sectors and time in the western US.We matched wildfire occurrences from 2004 to 2008 and their duration with monthly employment data to identify the effect of wildfire on employment growth. Wildfires generally tended to exhibit positive effects on employment …