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Smokejumper Obituary: Landis, Dale E. (Missoula 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Petersen, Kent A. (Idaho City 1968), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Managing Threats To The Urban Forest: From Dutch Elm Disease To Emerald Ash Borer - Learning From Experience, Christopher J. Borman

Doctor of Plant Health Program: Dissertations and Student Research

The urban forest provides important essential services to all municipalities; however, its value is often overlooked. The urban forest contributes to energy savings, environmental benefits, psychological well-being, and social benefits. Managing the urban forest in a sustainable manner is important if we wish to benefit from these services well into the future. Reliable management techniques have been created through previous experiences with pests, and these should be utilized and improved for use on urban forests.

American elm (Ulmus americana L.) was once a major component of the urban forests of North America. In 1927, Dutch elm disease (DED) was …

Examining The Effectiveness Of Ecotourism As A Funding Source For Protected Area Management In Guyana, Jordan S. Flagel

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Protected areas in tropical rainforests serve many important ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration. These areas are often in need of donor or grant funding to operate as governments in tropical forested countries are not always able to provide adequate funds for protection. This paper focuses on the Iwokrama International Center for Rainforest Conservation and Development in the South American country of Guyana, which has had funding issues since the global economic crisis of 2008 and an accompanying shift in donor country financial priorities. Increasing the amount of sustainable ecotourism in the Iwokrama reserve was identified as a potential source for …

Smokejumper Obituary: Spence, James Maxwell (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Thorsrud, Garfield N. "Gar" (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Evaluation Of Airborne Lidar As A Tool For Obtaining Sustainable Forest Management Of Maine's Forests, Rei Hayashi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The first objective of this study was to evaluate the applicability of using a low density (ca. 1 point m􀀀2) discrete-return LiDAR for predicting maximum tree height, stem density, basal area, quadratic mean diameter, and stem volume using an area-based approach. The research was conducted at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in central Maine, where a range of stand structures and species composition is present and generally representative of northern Maines forests. Using a variety of high dimensional LiDAR metrics, a prediction model was developed using random forest, a nonparametric approach, based on reference data collected in fixed radius circular plots. …

Trading Fat For Forests: On Palm Oil, Tropical Forest Conservation, And Rational Consumption, Cindy Isenhour

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

The longstanding butter vs margarine debate has recently become more complex as the links between margarine, industrial palm oil plantations, and tropical deforestation are made increasingly clear. Yet despite calls for consumers to get informed and take responsibility for tropical deforestation by boycotting margarine or purchasing buttery spreads made with sustainably-sourced palm oil, research in multiple contexts demonstrates that even the most aware, engaged, and rational consumers run into significant barriers when trying to reduce their environmental impacts. This paper supplements important critiques of neoliberal conservation at the site of extraction or intended conservation (Carrier and West 2009; Igoe and …

Waas, Glonass, And Gps Accuracy, Yanli Zhang, Daniel Unger, I-Kuai Hung, David Kulhavy

Faculty Publications

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Evaluating Five Years Of Soil Hydrologic Response Following The 2009 Lockheed Fire In The Coastal Santa Cruz Mountains Of California, Mary Theresa Crable

Master's Theses

The Lockheed Fire burned 31 km² (7,660 acres) of the Scotts Creek watershed in August 2009. 4.5 km² (1,100 acres) of California Polytechnic State University’s educational and research facility at Swanton Pacific Ranch. The burned region presented an opportunity for studying the hydrologic response of burned soils in the Santa Cruz Mountains where there is insufficient post-fire studies regarding fire-effects on watershed processes such as infiltration and near-surface runoff. Soil infiltration and soil water repellency were evaluated with rainfall simulations, Mini-disk Infiltrometer (MDI) and water drop penetration time tests (WDPT) at sites represented by variations in burn severity, …

Smokejumper Obituary: Linton, Rodney P. (Missoula 1949), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Pope, Clem Leroy (Cave Junction 1946), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Tate, Stanton D. (Mccall 1953), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Schmidt, Earl C. (Missoula 1943), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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2014 Future Earth Young Scientists Conference On Integrated Science And Knowledge Co-Production For Ecosystems And Human Well-Being, Ivy Shiue, Leah Samberg, Benard Kulohoma, Diana Dogaru, Carina Wyborn, Perrine Hamel, Peper Sogaard Jorgensen, Paul Lussier, Bharath Sundaram, Michelle Lim, Antonio Tironi

Forest Management Faculty Publications

Effective integration in science and knowledge co-production is a challenge that crosses research boundaries, climate regions, languages and cultures. Early career scientists are crucial in the identification of, and engagement with, obstacles and opportunities in the development of innovative solutions to complex and interconnected problems. On 25-31 May 2014, International Council for Science and International Social Science Council, in collaboration with the International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists and Institute for New Economic Thinking: Young Scholars Initiative, assembled a group of early career researchers with diverse backgrounds and research perspectives to reflect on and debate relevant issues around ecosystems and human …

Smokejumper Obituary: Stratton, Homer Wagner (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Rensmeyer, Fred H. (Mccall 1958), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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National Smokejumper Assocation Trail Maintenance Annual Report For 2014, National Smokejumper Association Trails Committee

Trails Reports

The Trails Maintenance Program Annual Reports compiled by the National Smokejumper Association Trails Committee summarizes the activities of the Trails Program. The members of the program also go by the title Trails Restoration and Maintenance Project Specialists (TRAMPS). The contents of the 2011 report include: Volunteer of the Year Report; Administrative Report; Base Abbreviations; Editors Note; Boundary Water Canoe Area; Kenck Cabin; Cliff Lake Trail; Dixie; Huckleberry Lookout; Art Jukkala Trail; Big Sand Lake/Blodgett Pass Tr.; Cache Creek Cabin; Center Creek Trail; Middle Fork Peak; Monongahela; Pentagon Station; Rocky Mountain National Park; Spyglass Lookout; Yellowstone Nature Connection; Sunbeam Hot Spring; …

Evaluating Gps Effectiveness For Natural Resource Professionals: Integrating Undergraduate Students In The Decision-Making Process, Daniel Unger, I-Kuai Hung, Yanli Zhang, David Kulhavy

Faculty Publications

Undergraduate students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Forestry (BSF) degree at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) attend an intensive 6-week residential hands-on instruction in applied field methods. For students pursuing the BSF degree knowing the exact location of a forestland is crucial to the understanding and proper management of any related natural resource. The intensive 6-week instruction includes teaching how to use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to accurately record the spatial location of an earth’s surface feature. After receiving hands-on instructions during the summer of 2014, students were taken to the field to collect real-world locations. Students …

Timber Talk, Vol. 52, No. 4, November 1, 2014

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

In This Issue

Lumber Market News ...........................1

Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Green..................................2

Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Kiln Dried...........................2

Wood is Good........................................3

Simple Steps for Double Your Firewood Profits................................4

Homemade Log Forwarder...................5

Nebraska Forest Industry Spotlight......6

The Trading Post....................................8

Timber Sales...........................................8

Smokejumper Obituary: Osborn, Joseph C. (Missoula 1943), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Mundell, James Asa (Missoula 1943), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Meeting Minutes, October 8th, 2014, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Call to order, introduction to site, introductions, approval of the agenda.; Approval of previous meeting minutes.; Website Committee report.; Scholarship Committee report.; Investment Committee report.; Trails Report.; Reunion Committee report.; Reunion plans for additional history gathering.; Video interviews of smokejumpers.; Report on the Evergreen Museum and the Smokejumper display.; Recognition of Guy Hurlbutt's service.; Presentation by USFS Fire Investigator.; NSA's legal counsel.; Budget Report.; Membership Report.; Merchandise Report.; Details of Mark Urban's death.; New business.; Revisit of parachute system questions.; Fund Raising ideas.; Fire Starters.; Next meeting(s).; Evaluation of meeting and travel/lodging vouchers.;

Smokejumper Obituary: Lehman, Allen Dean (Mccall 1944), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Economic Contribution Of Agriculture And Food To Arkansas' Gross Domestic Product 1997-2012, Leah English, Jennie Popp, Wayne Miller

Research Reports and Research Bulletins

Agricultural production, processing, and retail industries are major contributors to the Arkansas economy in terms of GDP. Agriculture contributes to the economy through direct agricultural production, value-added processing, and agricultural retail activities, and it also plays an important role through its interactions with other sectors. The use of non-agricultural goods and services as inputs into the agricultural sector promotes diversified growth in Arkansas’ economy; thus agriculture remains a vital part of Arkansas’ economy. This report: 1) compares the relative size of the Agriculture and Food Sector in Arkansas with those of neighboring states, the Southeastern region of the United States, …

Smokejumper Obituary: Curtiss, Ronald Glen Olaf (Grangeville 1961), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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A Test Of The Mean Distance Method For Forest Regeneration Assessment, Daniel Unger, Jeremy P. Stovall, Brian P. Oswald, David Kulhavy, I-Kuai Hung

Faculty Publications

A new distance-based estimator for forest regeneration assessment, the mean distance method, was developed by combining ideas and techniques from the wandering quarter method, T-square sampling and the random pairs method. The performance of the mean distance method was compared to conventional 4.05 square meter plot sampling through simulation analysis on 405 square meter blocks of a field surveyed clumped distribution and a computer generated random distribution at different levels of density of 100, 50 and 25%. The mean distance method accurately estimated density on the random populations but the mean distance method estimates were more variable than those of …

Smokejumper Obituary: Miller, Leland (Missoula 1944), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Pape, Donald L. (Idaho City 1948), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Wallace, Donald Earl (Cave Junction 1949), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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