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Smokejumper Obituary: Kosy, James "Jim" (North Cascades 1968), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Agenda: A Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint For The American West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Renewable And Sustainable Energy Institute, Western Resource Advocates, Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)

A Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint for the American West (Martz Summer Conference, June 6-8)

The future of the planet may depend upon our ability to increase energy supplies even as we reduce carbon emissions. This conference will address how a low-carbon energy program might evolve with a particular focus on the American West. It will focus on the future of energy in the West--on a “managed transition” to a different energy mix, on the need to nest this effort in a framework that acknowledges interconnections, and on identifying the most salient opportunities to consider the legal, political, financial, and technical challenges.

Smokejumper Obituary: Rausch, Clarence (Idaho City 1957), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Mccabe, Terry (Ncsb 1958), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Ross, Loyd Dale "Curley" (Mccall 1951), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Baumann, Roddy (Cave Junction 1970), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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An Investigation Of Fraxinus Americana Branch Sway Using A 3 Dimensional Motion Capture System, Anna T. Campiformio

Master's Theses

Abstract

Wind is a dominant abiotic factor that a tree experiences throughout its lifetime and can cause severe tree damage, resulting in risk of injury to humans, and economic and ecological losses. It is thought that trees develop structural properties and architectures that help withstand loading conditions by dissipating wind energy through damping mechanisms. The role of branch motion in reducing potential dangerous wind loads has been the focus of relatively few studies. Even fewer studies have examined tree sway response to natural wind loaded conditions. In this investigation, branch frequencies were calculated for three Fraxinus americana using a three-dimensional …

Ecological Importance Of Large-Diameter Trees In A Temperate Mixed-Conifer Forest, James A. Lutz, Andrew J. Larson, Mark E. Swanson, James A. Freund

Forest Management Faculty Publications

Large-diameter trees dominate the structure, dynamics and function of many temperate and tropical forests. Although both scaling theory and competition theory make predictions about the relative composition and spatial patterns of large diameter trees compared to smaller diameter trees, these predictions are rarely tested. We established a 25.6 ha permanent plot within which we tagged and mapped all trees greater than or equal to 1 cm dbh, all snags greater than or equal to 10 cm dbh, and all shrub patches greater than or equal to 2 m². We sampled downed woody debris, litter, and duff with line …

Cheating Cheatgrass: New Research To Combat A Wily Invasive Weed, Gail Wells

Joint Fire Science Program Digests

Cheatgrass and its cousin, red brome, are exotic annual grasses that have invaded and altered ecosystem dynamics in more than 41 million acres of desert shrublands between the Rockies and the Cascade-Sierra chain. A fungus naturally associated with these Bromus species has been found lethal to the plants’ soil-banked dormant seeds. Supported by the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP), researchers Susan Meyer, Phil Allen, and Julie Beckstead cultured this fungus, Pyrenophora semeniperda, in the laboratory and developed an experimental field application that, in some trials, killed all the dormant soil-banked Bromus seeds, leaving none to germinate the following year. The …

Sediment Removal From The San Gabriel Mountains, Mary C. Ferguson

Pitzer Senior Theses

The issue of sediment removal from the San Gabriel Mountains has been a complex issue that has created problems with beach replenishment, habitat destruction and the need to spend millions of dollars at regular intervals to avoid safety hazards. Most recently 11 acres of riparian habitat, including 179 oaks and 70 sycamores, were removed for sediment placement. Other sites including Hahamongna Watershed Park and La Tuna Canyon also face a similar fate. This thesis questions: How did we get to this point of destroying habitat to dump sediment which is viewed as waste product? What are the barriers for creating …

A 1,461-Year Growing Season Precipitation Reconstruction For The Carolina Coastal Plain, Kathryn Perkins Wolff

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A recollection and dating of ancient cypress trees and subfossil logs was performed at Black River, North Carolina, and the separate Black River, South Carolina. The new updated and expanded chronologies date from AD 365 to 2010 and 549 to 2010, respectively. Baldcypress ring-width chronologies are dominated by high inter-annual to decadal variability and do not tend to capture century scale fluctuations in tree-ring growth that could be associated with centennial scale change in climate. The tree-ring chronologies were standardized with a technique designed to preserve low frequency variance known as regional curve standardization. The two chronologies were averaged into …

Agenda: A Life Of Contributions For All Time: Symposium In Honor Of David H. Getches, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Law Review

A Life of Contributions for All Time: Symposium in Honor of David H. Getches (April 26-27)

On April 26-27, 2012, Colorado Law honored David H. Getches with a symposium to celebrate his life and legacy of trailblazing scholarship. “A Life of Contributions for All Time” featured a keynote address by Distinguished Professor Charles Wilkinson entitled, “Hero for the People, Hero for the Land and Water: Reflections on the Enduring Contributions of David Getches.” Top scholars in the fields of natural resources, water, and American Indian law reflected on Dean Getches’ contributions and their own insights into these fields, including Professor John Leshy, John Echohawk, Professor Carole Goldberg, Professor Joe Sax, Professor Rebecca Tsosie, Justice Greg Hobbs, …

Smokejumper Obituary: Begalka, Walter (Missoula 1951), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Anderson, William (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Hentze, Mark (Redmond 2000), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Cherry, Parley E. "Bill" (Missoula 1947), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Brown, Lyle Henry (Missoula 1954), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Thompson, William (Mccall 1958), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Meeting Minutes, March 18th, 2012, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Motion made for NSA to pay for lunch and approved.; Introductions of those present.; Agenda focus for this meeting is on improving the organization.; Membership Meeting.; No old or new business.; Meeting adjourned as a Member Driven Organization.; Tim DeHass on FS Aircraft and Smokejumper Program.; BLM Base Manager Report.; Future of NSA.; Jukkala/McBride/NSA Scholarship.; Update - NSA Leadership Awards.; Treasurer Report-budget update.; Investment Report.; Membership Report.; Website Committee Update.; Merchandising.; NSA Trails Program.; New NSA Board Members.; Other Business.; Comments for Discussion at next Board Meeting.; Critique.;

Smokejumper Obituary: Webb, Warren (Cave Junction 1954), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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