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Conducting A Prescribed Burn And Prescribed Burning Checklist, Jerry D. Volesky, James L. Stubbendieck, Rob B. Mitchell

Nebraska Forest Service: Publications

The interacting forces of climate, fire and grazing formed and maintained the grasslands of the Great Plains of North America. Native Americans were the first to use fire to manipulate plant communities primarily to attract bison to lush regrowth. With the arrival of Europeans, the deliberate setting of fire was greatly curtailed because of the loss of property and potential loss of life associated with wildfires. Today, land managers realize that fire or prescribed burning is an effective tool to manage grassland

Nebraska Community Forestry Awards Program

Nebraska Forest Service: Publications

Each year the Nebraska Forest Service recognizes outstanding programs and projects in Community Forestry. There are nine categories for nominations. Awards are presented each year at the annual Tree City USA Conference and Awards Program held in Lincoln. The NFS encourages nominations. Deadline for each year will be the end of January but submissions can be made at any time.

To nominate a program, citizen, group, or business please fill out the form on the second page. Nomination categories are listed on the se for your convenience.

Smokejumper Obituary: Ruska, Mitchell (Mccall 1963), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.

Land Use As It Relates To Land Slope, James D. Plourde, Bryan C. Pijanowski

GIS Day

The goal of this project is to analyze the relationship between the slope of land and agricultural land use. The output was analyzed to determine a threshold point at which agriculture practices drop off in relation to higher slope values. Slope of the land is important to agricultural practices because it impacts drainage and net crop primary production. Agricultural land was extracted from the 2001 National Land Cover Dataset using reclassification tools in ArcGIS 9.3. The slope of the contiguous United States was derived from the United States Geological Survey National Elevation Dataset by using the slope tool in the …

Economic Contribution Of The Agricultural Sector To The Arkansas Economy In 2008, Jennie Popp, Nathan Kemper, Wayne Miller, Katherine Mcgraw, Kyle Karr

AAES Research Reports and Research Bulletins

This report is the fifth in a series of reports examining agriculture’s economic contribution to the Arkansas economy. Utilizing data from the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), USDA Economics 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, 2008. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by State information for Arkansas was compared with those of other states in the southeast U.S. to give a measure of the relative importance of agriculture in Arkansas.2 The total economic contribution …

Geolite, An Arcgis Extension To Assist In Lidar Data Processing, Yanli Zhang, Jason Grogan, I-Kuai Hung, Ramanathan Sugumaran

Faculty Publications

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Smokejumper Obituary: Knapp, Norman C. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Wall, John D. "Jack" (Missoula 1948), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Mattocks, James (Missoula 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Meeting Minutes, October 8th, 2010, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Introductions.; Membership Report.; Financial Report.; Review Progress of short and long term goals.; Long Term Goals.; Update on succession planning for trails/SJ magazine/treasurer.; NSA Leadership Award Proposal.; Memorial discussion/decision on first smj death and atheist lawsuit.; NSA Website.; NSA Briefing Paper Presentation.; Combined Federal Campaign membership recommendation.; Charitable Giving Options for NSA.; BOD Membership/Next NSA President/Vice President.; The BOD decided to select Missoula as the location for the next reunion.; 2011 NSA Board of Director's meetings dates/locations.; Meeting Critique.; Action items.; Revised/Updated NSA Goals.;

Smokejumper Obituary: Wilcomb, Richard "Dick" (Mccall 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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A Regional Guidebook For Applying The Hydrogeomorphic Approach To The Functional Assessment, Hans Michael Williams, Adam J. Miller, Rachel Mcnamee, Charles V. Klimas

eBooks

The Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach is a method for developing and applying indices for the site-specific assessment of wetland functions. The HGM Approach was initially designed to be used in the context of the Clean Water Act Section 404 Regulatory Program permit review process to analyze project alternatives, minimize impacts, assess unavoidable impacts, determine mitigation requirements, and monitor the success of compensatory mitigation. However, a variety of other potential uses have been identified, including the design of wetland restoration projects, and management of wetlands.

Effects Of Experimental Nitrogen Additions On Plant Diversity In An Old-Growth Tropical Forest, Xiankai Lu, Jiangming Mo, Frank S. Gilliam, Guoyi Zhou, Yunting Fang

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Response of plant biodiversity to increased availability of nitrogen (N) has been investigated in temperate and boreal forests, which are typically N-limited, but little is known in tropical forests. We examined the effects of artificial N additions on plant diversity (species richness, density and cover) of the understory layer in an N saturated old-growth tropical forest in southern China to test the following hypothesis: N additions decrease plant diversity in N saturated tropical forests primarily from N-mediated changes in soil properties. Experimental additions of N were administered at the following levels from July 2003 to July 2008: no addition (Control); …

Wilderness Beauty: A Means To Resolve Volitional Doubt, Brian T. Scalise

Liberty Theological Review

Doubt is often part of Christian spiritual life. Matured doubt will influence the will (the volition) so as to keep the Christian doubter from acting like a Christian or even desiring the Christian life. This essay seeks to construct a theory designed to engage and help resolve volitional doubt by use of wilderness beauty. This theory incorporates three areas of study—Land and Leisure Management, Abraham Maslow’s metamotivation theory, and Jonathan Edwards' aesthetic theology—to demonstrate the uniqueness and usefulness of wilderness beauty for resolving volitional doubt. Subsequent to the construction of the theory, practical suggestions for its application are given.

Traditional Plant Use Of The Raglay In Cãu Gãy Village, Núi Chúa National Park, Alex Greene

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Members of the Raglay community of Cãu Gãy Village were interviewed to determine the extent and nature of their traditional reliance on plants. This community, located in the buffer zone of Núi Chúa National Park, was found to utilize 64 plant species for a wide variety of uses. Botanical specimens and photographs were used to identify 42 plants to species level, 13 to genus level, and 6 to family level, while 3 remained unidentified. For each plant, the Raglay name, local Vietnamese name, use, specific application, and preparation were documented, as well as any details of ritual or commercial significance. …

Smokejumper Obituary: Dixon, Jerry S. (Mccall 1971), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Marble, Donald Raymond (Missoula 1960), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Groman, William A. (Missoula 1952), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Thomforde, Philip (Missoula 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Sherwood, Todd (Missoula 1976), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Hale, Glenn F. (Mccall 1957), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Modeled Nitrogen Loading To Narragansett Bay: 1850 To 2015, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Steven P. Hamburg, Donald Pryor

All Materials

Nutrient loading to estuaries with heavily populated watersheds can have profound ecological consequences. In evaluating policy options for managing nitrogen (N), it is helpful to understand current and historic spatial loading patterns to the system. We modeled N inputs to Narragansett Bay from 1850 to 2000, using data on population, human waste disposal, livestock, fertilizer, and atmospheric deposition. We found that total N loading to the bay increased 250% from 1850 to 2000, and 80% from 1900 to 2000. Loading to the upper bay increased far more than that to the lower bay, and the most important source shifted from …

Genome Sequence Of The Model Mushroom Schizophyllum Commune, Robin A. Ohm, Jan F. De Jong, Luis G. Lugones, Andrea Aerts, Erika Kothe, Jason E. Stajich, Ronald P. De Vries, Eric Record, Anthony Levasseur, Scott E. Baker, Kirk A. Bartholomew, Pedro M. Coutinho, Susann Erdmann, Thomas J. Fowler, Allen C. Gathmen, Vincent Lombard, Bernard Henrissat, Nicole Knabe, Ursula Kues, Walt W. Lily

Biology Faculty Publications

Much remains to be learned about the biology of mushroom-forming fungi, which are an important source of food, secondary metabolites and industrial enzymes. The wood-degrading fungus Schizophyllum commune is both a genetically tractable model for studying mushroom development and a likely source of enzymes capable of efficient degradation of lignocellulosic biomass. Comparative analyses of its 38.5-megabase genome, which encodes 13,210 predicted genes, reveal the species's unique wood-degrading machinery. One-third of the 471 genes predicted to encode transcription factors are differentially expressed during sexual development of S. commune. Whereas inactivation of one of these, fst4, prevented mushroom formation, inactivation of another, …

Evaluating Tiffs (Toolbox For Lidar Data Filtering And Forest Studies) In Deriving Forest Measurements From Lidar Data, John Chapman, I-Kuai Hung, Jeff Tippen

Faculty Publications

Recent advances in LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology have allowed for the remote sensing of important forest characteristics to be more reliable and commercially available. Studies have shown that this technology can adequately estimate forest characteristics such as individual tree locations, tree heights, and crown diameters. These values are then used to estimate biophysical properties of forests, such as basal area and timber volume. This study assessed the capability of a commercially available program, Tiffs (Toolbox for Lidar Data Filtering and Forest Studies), to accurately estimate forest characteristics, as compared to data collected at the plot level using traditional …

Smokejumper Obituary: Evans, Robert R. (Idaho City 1953), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Geisler, Arthur Fred (Missoula 1943), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Andes, John H. (Missoula 1943), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Funk, Ray N. (Missoula 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Block, Paul (Cave Junction 1948), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Oil And Gas Impacts In The Big Cypress Ecosystem: An Analysis Of Impacts Associated With Proposed Activities In The Nobles Grade Area, William Conner, Stephen E. Davis Iii, Kirsten N. Hines, John J. Cox, Dale E. Gawlik, Jerome A. Jackson, James O. Jones, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Jennifer H. Richards

Publications

No abstract provided.