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Legislative Intent, Science And Special Provisions In Wilderness: A Process For Navigating Statutory Compromises, Alan E. Watson, Michael Patterson, Neal Christensen, Annette Puttkammer, Shannon Meyer Apr 2004

Legislative Intent, Science And Special Provisions In Wilderness: A Process For Navigating Statutory Compromises, Alan E. Watson, Michael Patterson, Neal Christensen, Annette Puttkammer, Shannon Meyer

Forest Management Faculty Publications

In order to manage special provisions in U.S. wilderness, several research products are needed. Minimally, a complete understanding of the legislative intent of the provision, in-depth understanding of the deep meanings held by the particular stakeholder community of interest, and some knowledge about the larger population of interest are needed. In this study of jet boat use on the Salmon River in the Frank Church– River of No Return Wilderness, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods were used to understand the attachment jet boat users have to the activity and the place.

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Smokejumper Obituary: Kibbee, Frank E. (Missoula 1960), National Smokejumper Association Mar 2004

Smokejumper Obituary: Kibbee, Frank E. (Missoula 1960), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Agroforestry, Elephants, And Tigers: Balancing Conservation Theory And Practice In Human-Dominated Landscapes Of Southeast Asia, Philip J. Nyhus, R L. Tilson Jan 2004

Agroforestry, Elephants, And Tigers: Balancing Conservation Theory And Practice In Human-Dominated Landscapes Of Southeast Asia, Philip J. Nyhus, R L. Tilson

Faculty Scholarship

Large mammal populations theoretically are best conserved in landscapes where large protected areas are surrounded by buffer zones, connected by corridors, and integrated into a greater ecosystem. Multi-use buffer zones, including those containing complex agroforestry systems, are promoted as one strategy to provide both economic benefits to people and conservation benefits to wildlife. We use the island of Sumatra, Indonesia to explore the benefits and limitations of this strategy. We conclude that conservation benefits are accrued by expanding the habitat available for large mammals but more attention needs to be focused on how to reduce and respond to human–wildlife conflict …

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Forest Landscape Changes In East Texas From 1974 To 2002, I-Kuai Hung, Jeffrey M. Williams, James Kroll, Daniel Unger Jan 2004

Forest Landscape Changes In East Texas From 1974 To 2002, I-Kuai Hung, Jeffrey M. Williams, James Kroll, Daniel Unger

Faculty Presentations

Timber production has been one of the most important industries in east Texas since the mid 19th century. For over 100 years, timber has represented one-third of all agricultural income in this region. In order to review forest landscape changes over time -- resulting from many years of management and investment -- historical satellite remote sensing data from 1974 to 2002 were used to determine landscape patterns and changes in four counties of east Texas : Angelina, Nacogdoches , San Augustine, and Shelby . Land cover was classified either as forest or non-forest and a land cover map was generated …

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Greening Connecticut Cities And Towns, Managing Public Trees And Community Forests, Glenn D. Dreyer, Robert M. Ricard Jan 2004

Greening Connecticut Cities And Towns, Managing Public Trees And Community Forests, Glenn D. Dreyer, Robert M. Ricard

Other Publications and Reports

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Economic Analysis Of Pruning And Low-Density Management Compared To Traditional Management Of Loblolly Pine Plantations In East Texas, Ching Hsun Huang, Gary D. Kronrad Jan 2004

Economic Analysis Of Pruning And Low-Density Management Compared To Traditional Management Of Loblolly Pine Plantations In East Texas, Ching Hsun Huang, Gary D. Kronrad

Faculty Publications

Economic analyses were conducted to compare traditional loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) timber management to low-density management combined with pruning in East Texas. Soil expectation values were used to determine the financially optimal thinning and final harvesting schedules (including rotation length, and the timing, frequency and intensity of thinning). Two stumpage price assumptions were made: market price and premium price for pruned, clear sawlogs. Five site indices (50 to 90) and six real alternative rates of return (ARR) (2.5 to 15.0%) were employed. Results indicate that if the market price of sawtimber is $450/mbf, traditional management is more profitable for …

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How Are Investment Returns Affected By Competition Control And Southern Oak Seedling Survival?, D. L. Grebner, A. W. Ezall, D. A. Gaddis, Steven H. Bullard Jan 2004

How Are Investment Returns Affected By Competition Control And Southern Oak Seedling Survival?, D. L. Grebner, A. W. Ezall, D. A. Gaddis, Steven H. Bullard

Faculty Publications

Increasing numbers of landowners are establishing hardwood plantations to satisfy their management objectives. Despite a dearth of research on competition control and its effects on initial hardwood plantation survival and investment returns, this study examines alternative competition control regimes for southern oak establishment. The analysis includes estimates of land expectation value for comparing alternatives. Our results suggest that greater returns can be achieved for southern oaks during both good and bad rainfall years, using methods that maximize survival through competition control.

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Comparison Between Regenerators And Non-Regenerators In Mississippi: A Discriminant Analysis, Kathryn G. Arano, Ian A. Munn, John E. Gunter, Steven H. Bullard, Max L. Doolittle Jan 2004

Comparison Between Regenerators And Non-Regenerators In Mississippi: A Discriminant Analysis, Kathryn G. Arano, Ian A. Munn, John E. Gunter, Steven H. Bullard, Max L. Doolittle

Faculty Publications

Nonindustrial private forestland (NIPF) landowners in Mississippi who recently harvested timber were surveyed to examine their regeneration behavior. Differences between regenerators and nonregenerators were investigated by looking at the different factors affecting reforestation decisions. A discriminant analysis was used to identify factors that were useful in differentiating between regenerators and nonregenerators. Ownership size; sociodemographic characteristics such as income, education, place of residence, and age; awareness of existing government incentive/assistance programs; and participation in educational programs were significant variables in differentiating between regenerators and nonregenerators. Landowners who own larger timberlands had a higher propensity to engage in regeneration activities after harvests. …

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Land For Maine's Future Program: Increasing The Return On A Sound Public Investment, Richard Barringer, Hugh Coxe, Jack Kartez, Catherine Reilly, Jonathan Rubin Jan 2004

Land For Maine's Future Program: Increasing The Return On A Sound Public Investment, Richard Barringer, Hugh Coxe, Jack Kartez, Catherine Reilly, Jonathan Rubin

Economics and Finance

Maine is nowhere a more special place than in the quality of its landscape and the traditions of its land use. Among the mo st privately-owned of all the states, Maine’s natural diversity and beauty combine with its traditions of resource stewardship, open access, and appreciation of nature to distinguish it in the public mind and national imagination. In recent decades, however, these traditions have come under assault from the forces of economic and social change; and the people of Maine have responded. In 1986, Governor Joseph Brennan’s Special Commission on Outdoor Recreation recognized the growing threats to Maine’s natur …

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Fire In Southern Appalachians: Fuels, Stand Structure And Oaks, David L. Loftis, Mary A. Arthur, Rex Mann, Jeffrey Lewis Jan 2004

Fire In Southern Appalachians: Fuels, Stand Structure And Oaks, David L. Loftis, Mary A. Arthur, Rex Mann, Jeffrey Lewis

Joint Fire Science Program Research Project Reports

Managers responsible for maintaining the diversity and productivity of Southern Appalachian forests are increasingly turning to prescribed fire as an important management tool in oak dominated forests. The decision to use fire with increasing frequency and spatial extent is based, in part, on an emerging sense of the prehistoric significance of fire in this landscape and its potential to control the proliferation of fire-sensitive competitors in contemporary forests. While it is well documented that fire has been an important ecological force in Southern Appalachian forests for a very long time, there has been little research to demonstrate that prescribed fire …

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Historical Reflections On The Arkansas Cross Timbers, Don C. Bragg Jan 2004

Historical Reflections On The Arkansas Cross Timbers, Don C. Bragg

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Kiichler's original map of potential natural vegetation suggested that the eastern-most extension of the "Cross Timbers" oak-dominated woodland reached into extreme western Arkansas. Recent investigations have found possible old-growth Cross Timber communities in narrow strips along steep, rocky sandstone and shale ridges near Fort Chaffee and Hackett. However, many decades of Euroamerican intervention have altered vegetation composition and structure in west-central Arkansas, making field evaluation difficult. Fortunately, historical accounts of the area provide considerable supporting documentation. General Land Office surveyors, for instance, traversed this portion of western Arkansas before 1850. They reported many ridges and slopes dominated by grassy, stunted …

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Openness In The Face Of Systemic Constraints On Science, Public Participation, And The Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement, Martin Brueckner Jan 2004

Openness In The Face Of Systemic Constraints On Science, Public Participation, And The Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement, Martin Brueckner

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The aim of this thesis is to explore the role of science and public participation in environmental policy-making processes in Australia. To this end, I analyse the Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) process, a recent Australian Federal Government initiative designed to resolve a longstanding dispute over native forest use and management. Theoretically underpinned by an open systems approach, the thesis employs a case study method for the analysis of the RFA process, using data from three distinct sources; interviews, RFA-related literature, and media content. The analysis of the RFA occurs against the historical background to this policy process and …

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Tree Thinning And Prescribed Burning Effects On Ground Flora In Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forests: A Review, Scott R. Abella Jan 2004

Tree Thinning And Prescribed Burning Effects On Ground Flora In Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forests: A Review, Scott R. Abella

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

Ground flora is an important response variable to monitor after tree thinning and prescribed burning treatments designed to restore Arizona ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson) forests. This paper reviews published literature on the effects of thinning and burning on ground flora in Arizona ponderosa pine forests in five main categories of research: ground flora biomass, species diversity, plant community composition, population processes, and individual species ecology. Research published to date suggests that thinning and burning generally increase ground flora biomass, whereas other categories of research such as community composition and population processes have been little studied in Arizona …

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Smokejumper Obituary: Evans, James W. (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Evans, James W. (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Malroy, Fred G. (Missoula 1956), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Malroy, Fred G. (Missoula 1956), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Ohlson, Verland (Missoula 1949), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Ohlson, Verland (Missoula 1949), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Ross, Timothy T. (Ncsb 1974), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Ross, Timothy T. (Ncsb 1974), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Hegland, Alman W. (Missoula 1948), National Smokejumper Association Dec 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Hegland, Alman W. (Missoula 1948), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: York, Herbert J. (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association Nov 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: York, Herbert J. (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Maryott, Douglas B. (Missoula 1971), National Smokejumper Association Nov 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Maryott, Douglas B. (Missoula 1971), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Burton, Ira T. (Missoula 1968), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Burton, Ira T. (Missoula 1968), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Meeting Minutes, October 25th, 2003, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors Oct 2003

Meeting Minutes, October 25th, 2003, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Opening; Pledge Of Allegiance; Introduced New Board Members; Nsa Member Plans For Advertising Nsa, Which He Will Combine With Retirement; Donations For A Retirement Gift; Old Business; Minutes Of The Previous Meetings; Evening Program At Evergreen Aviation Museum; 1. The Nsa Exhibit At The Evergreen Museum; 3. University Of Montana Archives; Merchandise Report; Stipend For Chuck Sheley; Website Report; Stan Lynertz Citation; Treasurer’S Report; Liability Insurance; Nsa Video Activities; Membership Report; Nsa Recruitment Brochure; Kia Memorial Plaques; Trail Program; Folk Life Festival; Use Of The Nsa Logo; 2004 Reunion Update; 50Th Year Re-dedication Of The Missoula Aerial Fire Depot; …

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Smokejumper Obituary: Richards, Harold R. (Missoula 1942), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Richards, Harold R. (Missoula 1942), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Robinson, Samuel W. (Pnor 1945), National Smokejumper Association Oct 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Robinson, Samuel W. (Pnor 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Fickle, Dale E. (Mccall 1945), National Smokejumper Association Sep 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Fickle, Dale E. (Mccall 1945), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Fowler, Hugh H. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association Aug 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Fowler, Hugh H. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Tower, Wallace (Pilot 0000), National Smokejumper Association Jul 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Tower, Wallace (Pilot 0000), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Catastrophic Wildfire Hazard Assessment In Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Utilizing A Managerial Paradigm, Benjamin D. Baldwin May 2003

Catastrophic Wildfire Hazard Assessment In Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Utilizing A Managerial Paradigm, Benjamin D. Baldwin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The impetus for this research was the increasing threat of catastrophic wildfires resulting from the accumulation of fuels across the West. Guided by the priorities, goals, and guiding principles outlined by the national fire plan (NFP), the objective was to identify those areas within a pinyon-juniper woodland-dominated landscape with the highest hazard of catastrophic wildfire. The intent was to help managers prioritize proactive fuels management efforts outside of the wildland urban interface (WUI). Based on a management paradigm, constraints were placed on the data collection, analysis, and model development. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to create a hazard …

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Species Pairwise Associations Over Nine Years Of Secondary Succession: Assessing Alternative Explanations And Successional Mechanisms, Lara R. Rozzell May 2003

Species Pairwise Associations Over Nine Years Of Secondary Succession: Assessing Alternative Explanations And Successional Mechanisms, Lara R. Rozzell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The importance and mechanisms of species interactions are undetermined in most successional systems. I used correlations and null modeling to detect pairwise species associations between 33 plant species in the first nine years of secondary succession after logging and burning in a western Oregon Cascade forest. I tested for correlations between each species and soil nutrients, nonvegetative ground cover, and surrounding vegetation. More positive than negative associations were found at all sampling times. The proportion of positive associations decreased and negative associations increased through time. Up to 42% of associations at a sampling time were explicable by shared positive correlations …

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Smokejumper Obituary: Martinson, Edward I. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association Apr 2003

Smokejumper Obituary: Martinson, Edward I. (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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