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Meeting Minutes, September 10th, 1996, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Treasurer's report; Would NSA consider the option of joining with Museum of Mountain Flying in the reconstruction of the former Smokejumper loft from Hale field to use for office space and museum? ; A furnace for the current office; Smokejumper video project; Newsletter; Request to exchange our membership lists; Master roster is intended for private and personal use only; Video agreement with Media Entertainment, Inc ; Bruce Edger and Jack Mathews recognized for the help in locating former jumpers.; Appreciation expressed to Roger Savage and Greg Lee for assistance in research for the purchase of new computer; The Highway …

Meeting Minutes, September 10th, 1996, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Opened the meeting with an introduction; Memorandum of Understanding to be entered between the NSA and the National Forest Service Museum (NFSM).; Lifetime Membership; Purchase of a new computer for the office; Report on the Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center ; Next regular meeting of NSA Board of Directors is scheduled. The location will be determined later.; This Special Meeting of the NSA Board of Directors was adjourned 2110; Multiple addenda;

Meeting Minutes, August 13th, 1996, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes ; Financial report; Membership report; Committee Report:; Hall of Fame; National Forest Service Museum Alliance; Computer on Line; Smokejumper Video; Recognition Award Certificates; Newsletter; Other:; NSA financial support for the installation of heater; Meeting adjourned; next meeting;

Meeting Minutes, July 9th, 1996, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: April, May, & June minutes are not typed, can not be approved.; Treasurers Report; Membership Report; Historians Report; Newsletter; NSA/NFSM/MMF Joint Venture; Life Membership; Next Reunion in 2000; Poster Copy Rights & Membership List Sales; Old Business & Other Business; Inter Net user fees ; Selection of the newsletter printer; Newsletter Advertisements may jeopardize non-profit bulk mailing rates; Help with membership; Video Report;

Project Report No. 45, Loblolly Pine Plantations In East Texas Thinned And Unthinned - Total Wood Flow Comparison A Simulation, J. David Lenhart, Curtis Vanderschaaf

Informal Project Reports

In East Texas loblolly pine plantations, is the total wood flow from a thinning and a final harvest greater than total wood flow from just a final harvest? That is, does including one thinning in the rotation have an advantage over no thinning in the production of wood during the rotation?

Meeting Minutes, May 14th, 1996, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes; Financial Report; Membership; Fundraising; Becoming an Interpretive Association; Newsletter; NSA/NFSM/MMT Alliance; Donation of Books by Earl Cooley; Ballots for Directors; Michelle; computer; New Business; Ballots ; Life Membership; Next meeting; Adjourn;

Project Report No. 42, High/Low Counties, Curtis Vanderschaaf, J. David Lenhart

Informal Project Reports

Which East Texas counties tend to have the highest and lowest values of certain pine plantation attributes?

Loblolly and Slash pine plantation attributes considered are:
• Ability of area to grow pine plantations •
• Percent of pines with crooked stems •
• Pecent of pines with stem fusiform rust •
• Visual quality •

Project Report No. 43, Site Index Equations For Loblolly And Slash Pine Plantations In East Texas, Update: 1996, Don Campbell, Steve Croft, Mark Dougharty, Doug Foster, John Hawkins, William Howard, Young Jin Lee, Jason Love, Derek Mckean, Kendall Watts, Kurtis White

Informal Project Reports

In this update, after combining the data from the two subplots comprising each ETPPRP plot, the number of age-height pairs available for this analysis is 1,520 loblolly and 658 slash. the It is anticipated that the equations in this :996 update may productivity of East Texas loblolly and slash pine plantations quantify in a more accurate and reliable manner than the four previous sets 0: equations.

Meeting Minutes, March 29th, 1996, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes Of The July 1995 Board Of Directors Meeting; Treasurer's Report; National Forest Service Museum (Nfsm), Museum Of Mountain Flying (Mmf), And The National Smokejumper Association (Nsa) Alliance; Site-located-west-of The -airport. ; A Detailed Site Plan Is Underway; Who Are The Customers Of The Nsa?; Nas Office Space For Hqs; Fund Raising; Nsa Membership Dues Increase ; Membership; Organization Growth/Needs And Considerations: ; Executive Director For The Nsa; Secretary /General Administrative Handiperson/Clerk ; The Monthly Stipend For Jack Demmons; Incentive For Travel And/Or Accommodations; By-laws Of The Nsa Were Reviewed; Review Of The Past Year's Activities; Quarterly Newsletter; Adopt …

Meeting Minutes, March 13th, 1996, National Smokejumper Association Executive Committee

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Minutes approved.; financial report; MSO master action records approx. ; Membership; Newsletter; sample colored pictures (newsletter) ; Committee report on Earl; Treasurer report; Bylaws; meeting on museum; MMF moving building to the area of F.S. Museum.; Fund raising Video; Dues invoices; Membership drive; Hall of Fame; sec/clerk/etc.; Reunion 2000; Internet; Pre-Board of Directors Meeting; Board Ballots; Fund Raising; Documents; Inventory; Next meeting; Cooley donate 200 books for us to distribute to the bases. ; Motion to adjourn;

Cultural Values Lower Redwood Creek, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

Levee construction on lower Redwood Creek from near its mouth to the mouth of Prairie Creek was completed by the Corps of Engineers in 1968, resulting in significant impairment of the estuary's hydrology and its biological functions. In an effort to reestablish those functions and more particularly the fisheries of the creek, Redwood National and State Parks is developing a plan for estuary management. The following general statement about cultural values in the project area and vicinity was prepared to expand the historical information in the draft plan.

Project Report No. 41, Perils Facing Etpprp Plots, 1982-1995, J. David Lenhart

Informal Project Reports

A total at 256 permanent growth and yield research plots were installed by the college of Forestry at Stephen P. Austin State University in pine plantations throughout Bast Texas during 1982-84. of the total number, 178 were installed in loblolly (Pinus t.ede L.), and 78 were placed in slash (P!nu. elliotti! Bngelm.) pine plantationa. The purpose of the plots is to provide data for the East Texas Pine Plantation Research Project (ETPPRP).

A Lighter Shade Of Green: Reproducing Nature In Central Florida, Kevin Archer

All Faculty Scholarship for the School of Graduate Studies and Research

No abstract provided.

Project Report No. 40, Influence Of Plantation Variables On Crown Height, Young-Jin Lee, J. David Lenhart

Informal Project Reports

A plantation management question ... Is it possible to estimate the distance from the ground to the first live branch of a planted pine tree? The Bast Texas Pine Plantation Research Project (ETPPRP) in a recent investigation addressed this question, and the answer was yes. An analysis of the ETPPRP data set produced equations to estimate crown height (the distance from the ground to the first live branch).

Wildlife Damage Management (Wdm) In The Northern Utah Adc District, United States Department Of Agriculture, Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

Across the United States, wildlife habitat has been substantially changed as human populations expand and land is used for human needs. These human uses and needs often compete with wildlife which increases the potential for conflicting human/wildlife interactions. In addition, segments of the public strive for protection for all wildlife; this protection can create localized conflicts between human and wildlife activities.

Douglas-Fir Beetle, Richard F. Schmitz, Kenneth E. Gibson

The Bark Beetles, Fuels, and Fire Bibliography

The Douglas-fir beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsuqae Hopk.) infests and kills Douglas-fir throughout most of its range in western United States British Columbia and Mexico. Occasionally western larch trees are infested when growing among Douglas-fir under attack. Attacks in standing larch are always unsuccessful, while those in freshly felled larch are usually successful and brood emergence is equivalent to that in Douglas-fir. Douglas-fir beetles normally kill small groups of trees, but during outbreaks 100 tree groups are not uncommon (fig. 1). Losses can be devastating during periodic outbreaks, such as four that occurred in western Oregon and Washington from 1950 through 1969, …

The Land Expectation Value Calculated In Timberland Valuation, T. J. Straka, Steven H. Bullard

Faculty Publications

Appraisers often use discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques to value timber and timberland. Land expectation value (LEV) is a standard DCF technique applied to many timberland situations. LEV calculates the value of bare land in perpetual timber production and is often used to value evenaged pine plantations. However, it is also useful in the valuation of immature timber stands and uneven-aged timber stands cut periodically. These models have wide applicability in timberland appraisal situations.

Reducing Waste During Logging And Log Processing: Forest Conservation In Eastern Amazonia, Jeffrey J. Gerwing, Jennifer S. Johns, Edson Vidal

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article describes the waste associated with logging and log processing in eastern Amazonia and suggests methods for reducing both waste and forest damage as a result of logging.

Pinus Ponderosa Seedling Establishment And The Influence Of Competition With The Bunchgrass Agropyron Spicatum, Peter F. Kolb, Ronald Robberecht

Forest Management Faculty Publications

Interspecific competition between Agropyron spicatum (Pursh.) Scrib. & Smith bunchgrasses and naturally established seedlings of Pinus ponderosa was examined within a pine/bunchgrass community. A wire mesh was used to separate bunchgrass culms from pine seedling shoots to determine if the bunchgrass canopy influenced the survival of pine seedlings. In addition, two lengths of root exclusion tubes were used to determine the effects of bunchgrass root overlap on pine seedlings. The bunchgrass canopy did not significantly affect pine seedling survival. However, root competition, presumably for water, significantly decreased pine seedling survival. Exclusion of bunchgrass roots from a 0.15-m- and 0.30-m-deep root …

Forest Stand Dynamics, Update Edition, Chadwick Dearing Oliver, Bruce A. Larson

Yale School of the Environment Other Publications

This book describes the various growth patterns of forests from a mechanistic point of view. Its purpose is to help silviculturists, forest managers, and ecologists understand and anticipate how forests grow and respond to intentional manipulations and natural disturbances. Demands on the forest have been increasing for timber production, wildlife habitat, water protection, recreation, and protection from fires, insects, and diseases. These demands have created an emphasis on prescribing site-specific treatments for individual stands of trees, rather than treating broad areas uniformly