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Smokejumper Obituary: Gerrard, Doyle W. (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association Apr 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Gerrard, Doyle W. (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Habitat Characteristics And Selection By Ornate Box Turtles In The Sandhills Of South Dakota, Daniel W, Uresk, Alessandra Higa Apr 2019

Habitat Characteristics And Selection By Ornate Box Turtles In The Sandhills Of South Dakota, Daniel W, Uresk, Alessandra Higa

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata Agassiz) is a species of greatest conservation need in South Dakota. Habitat loss through agricultural development and fragmentation is the main threat to the species throughout its range, which extends from Wisconsin and northern Indiana through the central Great Plains, and from southern South Dakota to Arizona, northern Mexico, and the Gulf Coast of Texas. The objectives of this study were to determine the ornate box turtle’s preferred vegetation characteristics (microhabitat) compared to the available habitat (macrohabitat) on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota Sandhills region, during 2010–2011. In both years, using a modified …

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Assessment Of Soil Particle Size Distribution Under Four Land Covers In Nachusa Grasslands Of Northern Illinois, Reni Truhtcheva Owikoti, Diana Acosta, Markeia Scruggs, Xiaoyong Chen Apr 2019

Assessment Of Soil Particle Size Distribution Under Four Land Covers In Nachusa Grasslands Of Northern Illinois, Reni Truhtcheva Owikoti, Diana Acosta, Markeia Scruggs, Xiaoyong Chen

Research Days

Soil particle composition is one of the main physical properties of soil that affects soil fertility and quality. The fractal dimension of soil particle size distribution (PSD) can be used to quantitatively evaluate the particle composition of soils. Land cover change with corresponding management practices is recognized as one important driving force affecting soil PSD alterations. The objective of this project was to determine the changes in soil PSD under four plant covers (Woodland, Wetland, Prairie, and Savannah) at the Nachusa Grasslands in North Illinois. The soil PSD was determined by their settling rates in an aqueous solution using hydrometer. …

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Smokejumper Magazine, April 2019, National Smokejumper Association Apr 2019

Smokejumper Magazine, April 2019, National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper and Static Line Magazines

The Camp Fire-The Future of America’s Wildfires?; Ex-Missoula Smokejumpers Barely Escape California’s Most Destructive Fire; Feedback from Camp Fire Daily Updates; After Losing Home, Fire Survivor and Former Jumper to Guide Low-Vision Runner in Race; Achieving Resilient Forests Through Effective Biomass Uses: Part II; NSA Scholarship Program Expanded-Take Advantage!; Grateful Jumper Says NSA’s Generosity Big Key to His Success; Sounding Off from the Editor; Feedback from the Readers on October and January Issues; All Glory Is Fleeting; Letter from Southern Oregon Resident to Congressman; Concerned Citizen Meets the Dark Side; Sometimes It Takes a Thump Along the Side of Your …

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Women In Conservation: A Study Of Effective Community-Based Conservation And The Empowerment Of Women In Tanzania, Ruby Krietzman Apr 2019

Women In Conservation: A Study Of Effective Community-Based Conservation And The Empowerment Of Women In Tanzania, Ruby Krietzman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The subject of this study is women involved in Community-Based Conservation (CBC) from areas surrounding Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. CBC is a participatory process between people and organizations who have responsibilities affecting conservation. Communities surrounding protected conservation areas tend to experience high levels of poverty and marginalization due to exclusive conservation policies and the lack of co-management principles. Although tourism revenue is abundant in these locations, the benefits rarely impact local community members that disproportionately experience the effects of conservation. This is especially true for women who hold the responsibilities of collecting …

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It's Essential: The Ylang-Ylang Trade On Nosy Be, James Sleigh Apr 2019

It's Essential: The Ylang-Ylang Trade On Nosy Be, James Sleigh

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper attempts to describe the production and sale of Ylang-Ylang from cultivation of the tree to the export of the flower, and examines the roles and power that each stakeholder has in the value chain. From there, the paper will look at issues associated with the trade; namely of the threat to the terrestrial ecosystem and the profit imbalance in the industry. Finally, the paper turns to potential strategies to resolve the previously stated issues associated with the production and sale of Ylang-Ylang. As a whole I hope that the paper can be seen as a rough survey of …

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Smokejumper Obituary: Mcchesney, Harold Curtis (Missoula 1975), National Smokejumper Association Mar 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Mcchesney, Harold Curtis (Missoula 1975), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Sedlmayer, George N. (Mccall 1955), National Smokejumper Association Mar 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Sedlmayer, George N. (Mccall 1955), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Meeting Minutes, March 19th, 2019, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors Mar 2019

Meeting Minutes, March 19th, 2019, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Call to order, introduction to site, introductions, approval of agenda; Bob introduced Larry Breslin; Approval of previous changes to October meeting minutes - Boatner & McKean; Report on Camp Fire - Sheley; Good Samaritan Fund report - Sheley; Magazine - Sheley; Historic Preservation - Sheley; Fire Scope - John Culbertson, introduction by Sheley; Smokejumper Program 2019 - Roger Staats USFS & Todd Jinkins BLM; Report on Trails Program - Cooper; Miss Montana Program and Request - Cooper; Treasurer's Report - Berry (Russ by phone); Russ Enterprises Engagement Letter - McKean; Investment Committee Report - Packard & Berry; Scholarship Program …

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Smokejumper Obituary: Bohning, David C. (Redmond 1968), National Smokejumper Association Mar 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Bohning, David C. (Redmond 1968), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Petaja, Rich (Missoula 1965), National Smokejumper Association Mar 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Petaja, Rich (Missoula 1965), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Farmer, Richard A. (Redding 1964), National Smokejumper Association Mar 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Farmer, Richard A. (Redding 1964), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Scientists, Uncertainty And Nature, An Analysis Of The Development, Implementation And Unintended Consequences Of The Northwest Forest Plan, Gilbert David Miller Feb 2019

Scientists, Uncertainty And Nature, An Analysis Of The Development, Implementation And Unintended Consequences Of The Northwest Forest Plan, Gilbert David Miller

Dissertations and Theses

The conflict in the Pacific Northwest between competing visions of how federal forests should be managed resulted in a political stalemate in the early 1990s. The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) was initiated to resolve the demands for maintaining ecosystem processes and biological diversity with the social and economic needs for timber harvest. The foundation for the plan rested with the development of ecosystem management. The intent of this research is to explore the events which led up to the adoption of the NWFP, how it was implemented by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and the subsequent …

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Hillslope Hydrology In Global Change Research And Earth System Modeling, Y. Fan, M. Clark, D. M. Lawrence, S. Swenson, L.E. Band, S. L. Brantley, P. D. Brooks, W. E. Dietrich, A. Flores, G. Grant, J.W. Kirchner, D. S. Mackay, J. J. Mcdonnell, P. C. D. Milly, P. L. Sullivan, C. Tague, H. Ajami, N. Chaney, A. Hartmann, P. Hazenberg, J. Mcnamara, J. Pelletier, J. Perket, E. Rouholahnejad‐Freund, T. Wagener, X. Zeng, E. Beighley, J. Buzan, M. Huang, B. Livneh, B. P. Mohanty, B. Nijssen, M. Safeeq, C. Shen, W. Van Verseveld, J. Volk, D. Yamazaki Feb 2019

Hillslope Hydrology In Global Change Research And Earth System Modeling, Y. Fan, M. Clark, D. M. Lawrence, S. Swenson, L.E. Band, S. L. Brantley, P. D. Brooks, W. E. Dietrich, A. Flores, G. Grant, J.W. Kirchner, D. S. Mackay, J. J. Mcdonnell, P. C. D. Milly, P. L. Sullivan, C. Tague, H. Ajami, N. Chaney, A. Hartmann, P. Hazenberg, J. Mcnamara, J. Pelletier, J. Perket, E. Rouholahnejad‐Freund, T. Wagener, X. Zeng, E. Beighley, J. Buzan, M. Huang, B. Livneh, B. P. Mohanty, B. Nijssen, M. Safeeq, C. Shen, W. Van Verseveld, J. Volk, D. Yamazaki

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Earth System Models (ESMs) are essential tools for understanding and predicting global change, but they cannot explicitly resolve hillslope‐scale terrain structures that fundamentally organize water, energy, and biogeochemical stores and fluxes at subgrid scales. Here we bring together hydrologists, Critical Zone scientists, and ESM developers, to explore how hillslope structures may modulate ESM grid‐level water, energy, and biogeochemical fluxes. In contrast to the one‐dimensional (1‐D), 2‐ to 3‐mdeep, and free‐draining soil hydrology in most ESM land models, we hypothesize that 3‐D, lateral ridge‐to‐valley flow through shallow and deep paths and insolation contrasts between sunny and shady slopes are the top …

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Smokejumper Obituary: King, Albert J. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association Feb 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: King, Albert J. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Carlson, Stephen M. (Idaho City 1962), National Smokejumper Association Jan 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Carlson, Stephen M. (Idaho City 1962), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Covey, William H. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association Jan 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Covey, William H. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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The Effects Of Matthew’S Storm Surge On Coastal Loblolly Pine And Wax Myrtle Understory Regeneration, Brynn D. Wilkinson Jan 2019

The Effects Of Matthew’S Storm Surge On Coastal Loblolly Pine And Wax Myrtle Understory Regeneration, Brynn D. Wilkinson

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Hurricanes have detrimental effects on the environment and the economy. Not only are these effects felt immediately after the hurricane, but they last long after the winds have died down. They can affect future plant growth and mortality. In October of 2016 South Carolina was hit by Hurricane Matthew, a category 5 hurricane. Hobcaw Barony, our study site, was in the direct path of the storm. This created an opportunity to study the immediate effects on regeneration after a hurricane. Regenerations rates were measured along and around a surge line to determine regeneration and mortality rates. This data also allowed …

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Smokejumper Obituary: Hale, William N. (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association Jan 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Hale, William N. (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Lynn, Edward W. (Missoula 1995), National Smokejumper Association Jan 2019

Smokejumper Obituary: Lynn, Edward W. (Missoula 1995), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Public Land Management On The Upper Mississippi: Exploring Relationships Between Management Imperatives And Ecosystem Biodiversity, Hunter Colleen Ridley Jan 2019

Public Land Management On The Upper Mississippi: Exploring Relationships Between Management Imperatives And Ecosystem Biodiversity, Hunter Colleen Ridley

Geography: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

Presently, public land management structure tends to disregard the interconnected nature of the social and ecological systems within managed landscapes. Since these social and ecological systems so heavily influence the identity of landscapes, it is critical that land managers understand the interactions and effects land management has with ecological structure and function. This knowledge helps land managers create more effective, sustainable, and efficient management plans and decisions. This research uses a portion of Upper Mississippi River as a case study for analyzing and discussing public land management on the Mississippi and how its structure may be influencing the ecological identity …

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The Influence Of Location On Water Quality Perceptions Across A Geographic And Socioeconomic Gradient In Appalachia, Ross G. Andrew, Robert C. Burns, Mary E. Allen Jan 2019

The Influence Of Location On Water Quality Perceptions Across A Geographic And Socioeconomic Gradient In Appalachia, Ross G. Andrew, Robert C. Burns, Mary E. Allen

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Abstract: Understanding perceptions of water quality held by residents is critical to address gaps in public awareness and knowledge and may provide insight into what defines communities that are more/less resilient to changing water conditions locally. We sought to identify spatial patterns of water quality perceptions gathered in a survey of Southern West Virginia (WV) residents during spring/summer 2018. Using over 500 survey responses across 15 counties, we calculated spatial autocorrelation metrics and modeled the relationships between overall water quality perceptions and county-level socioeconomic endpoints, such as poverty rate, per capita income, and education level. We identified significant differences across …

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Agroforestry Strategic Framework, Fiscal Years 2019-2024, Susan Stein Jan 2019

Agroforestry Strategic Framework, Fiscal Years 2019-2024, Susan Stein

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners are integrating trees with agriculture to address a variety of conservation and production goals. A unique land management approach, agroforestry provides opportunities to integrate productivity and profitability with environmental stewardship to support healthy, sustainable agriculture systems, economies, and communities.

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Smokejumper Magazine, January 2019, National Smokejumper Association Jan 2019

Smokejumper Magazine, January 2019, National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper and Static Line Magazines

Achieving Resilient Forests Through Effective Biomass Uses: Part I; Four Decades of Forest Thinning and Fuel Reduction on Cielo Colorado; The Beauty of Clearcutting; To Manage or Not; Sometimes It Takes a Thump Along the Side of Your Head To Catch the Obvious—The 1976 Fire Season as Seen from My Eyes—Part I; Snapshots from the Past; “Pinnacle Paul” Hazel and the Smokejumper Connection; Arrogance and Incompetence; A Remarkable Acquaintance with Bob Nolan; The Great NCSB Football Game; Sounding Off from the Editor; Concerned Citizen Meets Mr. Baer; Off the List; Remembering David Oswalt; Remembering Bill Payne; Odds and Ends; Miss …

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Temporal Changes In Fruit Production Between Recurrent Prescribed Burns In Pine Woodlands Of The Ouachita Mountains, Tamara B. Wood, Christopher E. Comer, Roger W. Perry, Brian P. Oswald Jan 2019

Temporal Changes In Fruit Production Between Recurrent Prescribed Burns In Pine Woodlands Of The Ouachita Mountains, Tamara B. Wood, Christopher E. Comer, Roger W. Perry, Brian P. Oswald

Faculty Publications

The use of prescribed fire is integral to the restoration of open woodlands and savannas, including shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) woodlands in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas. Fire offers many potential benefits to numerous wildlife; however, short-term implications for understory fruit production are not fully understood, especially in stands subjected to frequent, recurrent burns. We examined the effects of dormant season prescribed burns on woody fruit production (kg ha−1) and fruit producing vegetative cover in the understory of restored pine woodlands. We inventoried 32 stands during four temporal periods after dormant season prescribed fires: 1, 2, …

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Individual Tree And Stand-Level Carbon And Nutrient Contents Across One Rotation Of Loblolly Pine Plantations On A Reclaimed Surface Mine, Hannah Z. Angel, Jeremy S. Priest, Jeremy P. Stovall, Brian P. Oswald, Hans M. Williams Jan 2019

Individual Tree And Stand-Level Carbon And Nutrient Contents Across One Rotation Of Loblolly Pine Plantations On A Reclaimed Surface Mine, Hannah Z. Angel, Jeremy S. Priest, Jeremy P. Stovall, Brian P. Oswald, Hans M. Williams

Faculty Publications

While reclaimed loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations in east Texas, USA have demonstrated similar aboveground productivity levels relative to unmined forests, there is interest in assessing carbon (C) and nutrients in aboveground components of reclaimed trees. Numerous studies have previously documented aboveground biomass, C, and nutrient contents in loblolly pine plantations; however, similar data have not been collected on mined lands. We investigated C, N, P, K, Ca, and Mg aboveground contents for first-rotation loblolly pine growing on reclaimed mined lands in the Gulf Coastal Plain over a 32-year chronosequence and correlated elemental rates to stand age, stem …

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Resin Flow In Loblolly And Shortleaf Pines Used By Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers, David L. Kulhavy, W G. Ross, J H. Sun, Daniel Unger, I-Kuai Hung, Richard N. Conner Jan 2019

Resin Flow In Loblolly And Shortleaf Pines Used By Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers, David L. Kulhavy, W G. Ross, J H. Sun, Daniel Unger, I-Kuai Hung, Richard N. Conner

Faculty Publications

We measured resin flow in loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) and shortleaf (Pinus echinata Mill.) pines in stands used by red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis (Vieillot), in the Angelina and Davy Crockett National Forests in eastern Texas. We also measured resin flow in a mature loblolly pine stand not used by the woodpeckers. Resin flow varied by study area, species, and stand position. In woodpecker stands, pines experiencing low levels of competition seemed better able to tolerate the continual resin drainage associated with red-cockaded woodpecker resin well pecking. In the Angelina National Forest, all new cavity trees excavated during the study were …

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A New Site Index Model For Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda) Plantations In The West Gulf Coastal Plain, Kynda R. Trim, Dean W. Coble, Yuhi Weng, Jeremy P. Stovall, I-Kuai Hung Jan 2019

A New Site Index Model For Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda) Plantations In The West Gulf Coastal Plain, Kynda R. Trim, Dean W. Coble, Yuhi Weng, Jeremy P. Stovall, I-Kuai Hung

Faculty Publications

Site index (SI) estimation for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations is important for the successful management of this important commercial tree species in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States. This study evaluated various SI models for intensively managed loblolly plantations in the West Gulf Coastal Plain using data collected from permanent plots installed in intensively managed loblolly pine plantations across east Texas and western Louisiana. Six commonly used SI models (Cieszewski GADA model, both Chapman-Richards ADA and GADA models, both Schumacher ADA and GADA models, and McDill-Amateis GADA model) were fit to the data and compared. …

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Timber Talk, Vol. 57, No. 4, December 2019 Jan 2019

Timber Talk, Vol. 57, No. 4, December 2019

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Timber Talk, Vol. 57, No. 4, December 2019

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Timber Talk, Vol. 57, No. 3, September 2019 Jan 2019

Timber Talk, Vol. 57, No. 3, September 2019

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Timber Talk, Vol. 57, No. 3, September 2019

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