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Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Approach to Resource Planning J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Leon J. Buist, Thomas A. Hoots
Recreation opportunity planning incorporates the concept of a Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) into a planning system that combines relationships between natural resource settings, recreational activities, and the resulting recreationist experiences into six ROS classes of land and water areas. The ROS provides a framework for planning and managing recreation for experience objectives, aids in
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Does the U.S. Face a Shortfall of Timber? J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Dwight Hair
Recent studies show that the demands for timber from domestic forests are likely to grow rapidly in the decades ahead. Supplies, on the other hand, will increase rather slowly if forests continue to be managed much as they have been. These projections and the widening gap between them have been viewed by some in terms of a physical shortfall. In a free market economy, however, there will not be a shortfall
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Intermediate Multispectral Satellite Sensors J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Norm Roller
Multispectral satellite data with medium spatial resolution--from the familiar Landsat and SPOT satellites, among other platforms--represent a valuable source of current and historical forest cover and condition information. These satellites have a large "footprint," and the data can be interpreted with reasonable accuracy. The result is low cost per unit area of forest attribute information. Utility
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Forest Plantations and Biodiversity: A Fresh Perspective J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 S. Sky Stephens, Michael R. Wagner
We examined the worldwide literature on biodiversity in forest plantations for the indicator organism assessed, species composition (native versus exotic), tree species diversity, and appropriateness of the comparisons made. Fifty percent of the studies used invertebrates, 36% birds, 6% mammals, and 6% vascular plants as bioindicators. We found that 76% of the existing literature compares exotic plantation
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Hazards of Root Disease in Pacific Northwest Recreation Sites J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Gregory M. Filip, Donald J. Goheen
Trees with root diseases. especially not caused by Phellinus weirii, are subject to windthrow, and thus seriously threaten public safety in developed recreation sites in Pacific Northwest forests. Pathologists or specially trained foresters should inspect an area for root disease hazards before construction begins. When trees with diseased roots are found on sites that are already in operation, managers
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Even-Aged Development of Mixed-Species Stands J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Chadwick Dearing Oliver
Forests in the eastern and northwestern United States often develop in even-aged patterns, with certain species predictably forming the upper canopy and others relegated to lower strata. The vertical sorting (or stratification) by species and broad ranges of diameters has sometimes led foresters and ecologists to assume these stands are all-aged. For this reason the stands have often been selectively
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Determining Local Employment, Distribution, and Tax Revenue Effects of Changes in Forest and Range Policies J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Gary B. Snider, Harry W. Ayer
A method to estimate the direct and indirect changes in local area employment, income distribution, and tax revenues is given and its usefulness for evaluating various Forest Service policies illustrated. Policies studied are those which decrease allowable timber cut by 10 percent, decrease animal units on the forest by 20 percent, and increase forest-related tourism by 10 percent in two trade areas
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Biomass Production in Florida J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Wayne H. Smith, Marybruce L. Dowd
Florida posseses climatic, land, and water resources favorable for abundant biomass production. Therefore, a statewide program has been initiated to determine adapted species for the available array of production sites. Plant resources under investigation include woody, aquatic, grasses, hydrocarbon, and root crop species. The goal is to produce a continuous stream of biomass for the various biofuel
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Estimating Volumes of Upland Hardwoods with the Behre Hyperboloid J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Harry V. Wiant, Philip M. Charlton
Coefficients have been derived to facilitate use of Behre's hyperbola for estimating volumes of upland hardwoods. The system shows promise for volume-table development and modeling purposes.
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Forestry and Lumbering in British Columbia J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 P. Z. Caverhill
The Province of British Columbia in managing its timber lands and in working toward the stabilization of the lumber industry has problems that differ little from those of the United States. British Columbia’s method of attack is, however, different. The author gives data on the extent of the Province’s timber resources, problems of its lumber industry, the responsibility of the state and private owner
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Perspective: In Search of Objectivity in Forest Auditing J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 H.W. Rockwell, C.A. Levesque
There is substantial controversy, and even confusion, regarding sustainable forestry audits.
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Tree Age and Cavity Initiation By Red-cockaded Woodpeckers J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Jerome A. Jackson, Michael R. Lennartz, Robert G. Hooper
The red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis, is an endangered species that has declined in numbers with loss of nesting habitat. This loss is due partly to the increased prevalence of short rotations in southern pine forests. Data from Mississippi and South Carolina indicate that, for cavity initiation, the species needs living trees averaging approximately 75 years old for loblolly pine (Pinus
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The Guiding Star of Ecological and Rural Sustainability J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Henry H. Carey
The Committee of Scientists' report signals a shift in land management planning, according to the Forest Trust, which seeks to protect the integrity of the forest ecosystem and improve the lives of people in rural communities. No longer will the Forest Service be the technical elite with sole responsibility for managing the forests, and the public the passive recipients of their benefits. The new planning
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Case No. 1: One Hundred Years of Forest Management J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 John J. Ball, Peter R. Schaefer
Stands of ponderosa pine in the Black Hills National Forest have been subject to management by professional foresters longer than any other western timber type. This management began with the first regulated sale of timber from a forest reserve, referred to as Case No. 1. While more than 5 bbf of timber were removed from this forest during the last 100 years, timber volume has grown from 1.5 bbf in
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Using a Chainsaw to Control Brush J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Arthur Bernstein
When chainsaws were used to control brush on small tracts in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon, 56 percent of suppressed conifer seedlings were released but about one-third of these were damaged from saws, piled slash, or trampling by workers. Worker production was one-fifth that obtained for precommercial thinning, a similar operation. The slash created an extreme fire hazard.
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Growth Gains from Moving Black Walnut Provenances Northward J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Calvin F. Bey
In 1967, black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) seedlings from 15 to 25 provenances were planted at eight locations in the Midwest. In 1973, a similar plantation was established near Yoncalla, Oregon. Results show that, within the species' natural range, provenances can be moved as much as 200 miles northward without the likelihood of cold damage. In general, growth of trees from southern sources exceeds
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Monitoring Compliance with BMPs: The Experience of State Forestry Agencies J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 P.V. Ellefson, M.A. Kilgore, M.J. Phillips
Thirty-four states implement compliance monitoring programs to determine whether voluntary or mandatory forest practices are being applied by landowners and timber harvesters. In only 20 states does the lead forestry agency have sole responsibility for monitoring. Since the early 1990s, some states have completed five or more monitoring survey cycles, the most recent costing an average of $60,000.
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Managing Ecological Impacts at Wilderness Campsites: An Evaluation of Techniques J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 David N. Cole
Visitor dispersal and campsite closure are common managerial reactions to campsite degradation in classified wilderness and other backcountry areas. Ecological research suggests that such actions will do little to improve the condition of campsites and will usually increase the areal extent of deterioration. Concentrating use on as few campsites as possible and closure on a site-by-site basis would
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Hybrid Poplar Sprout Clumps: Thinning Does Not Improve Development J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Walter H. Davidson
One growing season after the harvest of a 16-year-old hybrid poplar (Populus sp.) plantation, sprouts from 100 clumps were thinned to retain the dominant sprout; 100 clumps were left for comparison. After three growing seasons, thinned and unthinned clumps did not differ in total number of sprouts per clump or in diameter of dominant sprouts. Dominant sprouts were significantly taller in the unthinned
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Developing Forest Management Plans with High-Tech Tools and Traditional Knowledge in Zambia J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Cecilia Polansky, John Heermans
Simply transferring to other settings developed countries' sophisticated tools of modern forest management can be inappropriate. In a pilot program in Zambia, traditional knowledge of forest products is combined with satellite images, GPS, and GIS to adapt inventories and maps for forest management planning. The example used is the Cooperative League of the United States of America's Natural Resource
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Stone Age Principles for Modern Forest Management J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 John A. Gravelle
Forestland managers must deal with the complexity of balancing environmental sustainability with the economic demand for wood and alternate forestland uses. Decisions are not always easy, and looking to human history might provide a framework for dealing with modern forestland management issues. The Stone Age was a period when basic engineering skills were developed, animals were domesticated, and
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Diameter Caps for Thinning Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: Viewpoints, Effects, and Tradeoffs J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Scott R. Abella, Peter Z. Fulé, W. Wallace Covington
Upper size limits of trees allowed to be cut, termed diameter caps, have resulted in polarization, litigation, and delays and alterations to thinning projects in many western forests. Using southwestern ponderosa pine forests as an example, we summarize viewpoints on caps, simulateeffects of caps on thinning prescriptions, and provide examples of ecosystem-level tradeoffs of leaving extra trees during
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Natural Fire in Subalpine Meadows: A Case Description from the Sierra Nevada J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Steven H. DeBenedetti, David J. Parsons
During a severe drought in the summer of 1977, a lightning-ignited fire entered and spread throughout Ellis Meadow (elevation 8,800 feet) in Kings Canyon National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada of California. This is the first time that a naturally ignited fire has been documented as burning a significant portion of a Sierran subalpine meadow. It provides evidence that fires may have significantly
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World Forestry: Silviculture of the Southern Pines in South Africa J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 William Kevin Darrow
The forest industries of the Republic of South Africa depend heavily on introduced tree species such as the American southern pines, slash and loblolly (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii P. taeda.) Because only a very small area is available for high-quality plantations, South Africa has developed an intensive management system which aims for short rotations and high product quality, particularly for
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A Financial Analysis of Small-Scale Tropical Reforestation with Native Species in Costa Rica J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Erik Streed, J. Doland Nichols, Ken Gallatin
In 1990 four Peace Corps Volunteers in Costa Rica completed their service and started a private reforestation project. The goal was to see if a small tree plantation could be profitable compared with traditional land uses. This article discusses the economics of the first 15 years of the project, using actual cash flows, and makes projections for financial outcomes. We documented the yearly expenses
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Potential of Forest Fuels for Producing Electrical Energy J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Robert L. Burgess
Annual aboveground wood increment in the world's forests is approximately 12.9 billion metric tons. At 50 percent accessibility, about 6.5 billion tons are available for all wood uses. On the assumption of 3.5 x 106 kcal/ton of air-dried wood, a thermal-electric conversion of about 35 percent, and a power station running at 60 percent operating efficiency, then one megawatt per year requires about
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Availability, Quality, and Selection of Browse by White-Tailed Deer After Clearcutting J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Jeffrey W. Hughes, Timothy J. Fahey
We evaluated the effect of large-scale forest harvest on the production, nutritive quality, twig size, and use of four preferred species of browse by white-tailed deer in a spruce-fir forest in New Hampshire. Red maple produced the most new twigs (44-fold increase 3 years after harvest), and 99% of these were sprouts from stumps. Mountain maple and mountain ash twig production increased by factors
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New Releases: Conserving Words: How American Nature Writers Shaped the Environmental Movement J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Char Miller
In Conserving Words: How American Nature Writers Shaped the Environmental Movement, Daniel J. Philippon studies how five key figures in environmental history tried to rein in civilization while championing Nature.
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The Challenges of Certifying Nontimber Forest Products J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Alan R. Pierce
Certifying the ecological, economic, and social aspects of nontimber forest product management is complex and requires prudent application. The social issues surrounding access and utilization of nontimber forest products, and the informal economic systems under which many of these goods are traded, may be poorly addressed by a market-based initiative such as certification. Nevertheless, certification
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Decentralized Forest Management in South and Southeast Asia J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Kulbhushan Balooni, Makoto Inoue
This article reviews the process of decentralization in forest management in developing countries in South and Southeast Asia. Decentralized forest management (DFM) is an alternative to centralized or state-regulated forest management, which transfers the forest use and management rights to local communities. It is a process of gradual change in forest management, which started in the 1970s when social
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Raphael Zon and Forestry's First School of Hard Knocks J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 J.G. Lewis
When he enrolled in the New York State College of Forestry in 1899, Zon—later editor of the Journal of Forestry—found a struggling program. But the difficulties did not prevent faculty and students alike from learning. In some cases, they provided greater lessons than success might have taught. Fernow, the college dean, espoused the European ideal of forestry and emphasized economic return over silviculture
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New Site Productivity Estimates for Red Pine in the Lake States J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Allen L. Lundgren
Current site productivity estimates for red pine (Pinus resinosa) in the Lake States are based on old normal yield tables for unmanaged (unthinned) stands. New growth models, based on permanent remeasured plots, indicate that expected yields of merchantable cubic-foot volume from unthinned stands are 18 percent higher, and from thinned stands 32 percent higher than current estimates on average sites
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Birds in Six Communities within a Lodgepole Pine Forest J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Dennis D. Austin, Michael L. Perry
Birds were censused in six communities within a lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forest in the Uinta Mountains of Utah: wet and dry meadows, mature and stagnated lodgepole pine stands, and openings made by clearcutting in 1940 and 1960 and presently having regenerating lodgepole pine stands. The richest avifauna was in the dry meadows, a finding that suggests the need to protect these areas from disturbance
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Forest Regeneration Practices: How Regional Certification Standards Compare J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Sharon T. Friedman
A review of standards for forest regeneration in 11 regional certification schemes reveals some slight shifts from current local practices. Although forest management in much of the United States is already incorporating many of the practices the standards seek to promote certification under these schemes would likely result in more natural regeneration and maintenance of a greater diversity of species
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Desertification and Restoration of Grasslands in Inner Mongolia J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Natalie Meyer
Grasslands cover 40% of China's total land area and are the largest ecosystem threatened by desertification. Grassland degradation causes ecosystem instability and harms economic development. Historically, a series of policies led to a rapid shift in land tenure and stewardship practices, resulting in overgrazing and conversion of grassland to cropland. Protection and restoration of grasslands are
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Optimum Dot-Grid Density for Area Estimation with Aerial Photographs J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Lawrence R. Gering, Robert L. Bailey
Dot-count sampling to estimate area from 1:12,000 scale aerial photographs was tested with grid densities of 4, 16, and 49 dots per square inch. All three densities gave unbiased estimates. Variances may be validly estimated by assuming random sampling and the binomial model when dot density is greater than 27--the optimum density for per-dot reduction in variance. The coefficient of variation can
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Timber-Sale Systems in the Balkan Region J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Branko Glavonjic, Richard Vlosky
As the economies of the Balkan countries evolve, their forestry sectors are also in transition. In some countries, the forest sector transformation is close to meeting government objectives, whereas in other countries, the process has just begun. The process of forest sector transition is fraught with numerous problems; some because of entrenched past practices, while others are the consequences of
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Forest Information from Synthetic Aperture Radar J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 M. Craig Dobson
Radar is often depicted as a promising technology not quite ready for prime time. Data are now becoming available on a routine basis from several existing satellites, but the satellites were not designed for this purpose and--with some exceptions--do not meet the needs of forest inventory and management. The next generation of spaceborne earth-imaging radar promises to change the situation, with multipolarized
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Commentary: Bringing People and Science Together J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 S.T. Friedman
The beginning of the year traditionally is a time to appreciate what has gone before and look forward to the future. As I write this, at the beginning of January, I'd like to express my appreciation to the SAF staff, members of the Forest Science and Technology Board (FSTB), and the working group officers...
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Oak Stump Sprouts in Regeneration on a Good Site J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 W. W. Ward, T. W. Bowersox
Treatment of oak stumps with herbicides substantially reduced the percentage of stumps with living sprouts, but regeneration frequency and abundance 15 years after cutting of the stand did not differ between treated and control areas. Dominant-codominant oak stump sprouts were present on only 3 percent of the sample plots and constitued about 3.5 percent of the 373 dominant-codominants per acre. On
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Effect of the Federal Estate Tax on Nonindustrial Private Forest Holdings J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 John L. Greene, Steven H. Bullard, Tamara L. Cushing, Theodore Beauvais
Data for this study were collected using a questionnaire mailed to randomly selected members of two forest owner organizations. Among the key findings is that 38% of forest estates owed federal estate tax, a rate many times higher than US estates in general. In 28% of the cases whereestate tax was due, timber or land was sold because other assets were not adequate. In 29% of the cases where land was
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Choosing a Forest Vision J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Donald W. Floyd, Kelsey Alexander, Charles Burley, Arthur W. Cooper, Arthur DuFault, Ross W. Gorte, Sharon G. Haines, Bruce B. Hronek, Chadwick D. Oliver, Edward W. Shepard
It is unlikely, given the often-contentious history of the national forests, that incremental change in their administration can resolve fundamental differences in values. So concludes a task force appointed by the Society of American Foresters (SAF) to review federal forest management; its analysis and recommendations have been published in Forest of Discord: Options for Governing Our National Forests
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Focus on ... Business of Forestry: Taking the Mystery Out of Financial Ratios J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 S. Milauskas, F.A. DeGeorge
Businesses in the forest products sector face increasingly difficult challenges today. So it is important to understand key financial ratios, how they were calculated, and what they mean.
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World Forestry: The World's Forests Tomorrow: Will We Be Ready? J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 R. Max Peterson
With demands on forests rapidly increasing, research is vital to help forest managers improve productivity, understand human as well as biological effects of forest development, and anticipate future demands on the resource. Research programs must be backed by good dissemination systems, and international cooperation is essential.
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The Monongahela Controversy and the Political Process J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Sally K. Fairfax, Gail L. Achterman
Misinterpretations of the Monongahela controversy obscure important lessons which that experience should teach us about the political process. Forest policy is debated continually in a variety of arenas. Foresters must be aware of the process and the nature of the different forums if they are to be effective participants in the deliberations.
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Managing Forests within a Watershed: The Importance of Stewardship J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 C.B. Tyson, T.E. Worthley
Four years after its inception an outreach campaign promoting forest stewardship in south-central Connecticut was carefully evaluated. Results emphasize that efforts may be directed to promoting a simpler and more autonomous form of resource inventory and forest stewardship planning than many forestry specialists might originally envision. Evaluation methods used to measure the success of outreach
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Predicting Product Yields from Thinnings in Appalachian Hardwoods J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 John E. Baumgras
Equations have been developed for estimating the volume per acre of sawlogs, sawbolts, and pulpwood of fuelwood that can be harvested by thinning hardwood stands of poletimber or small sawtimber size. These equations were derived from actual roundwood yields obtained by thinning 17 stands of Appalachian hardwoods in Virginia and West Virginia, and measuring the product volume of each cut tree 5.0 inches
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Comparing Job Quality in Logging and Forestry Services in Oregon J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Cassandra Moseley, Yolanda Reyes
As logging employment continues to decline and forestry service employment grows, as they have over the past several decades, it is increasingly important to understand the relative quality of jobs in these two sectors. This study compares wages and job durability of loggers and forestry service workers in Oregon using unemployment insurance data. Using multiple wage measures (hourly, annual, and outside
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The Development of Pine Plantation Silviculture in the Southern United States J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Thomas R. Fox, Eric J. Jokela, H. Lee Allen
In the 1950s there were vast acreages of cutover forestland and degraded agricultural land across the South. Less than 2 million ac of southern pine plantations existed at that time. By the end of the 20th century, there were 32 million ac of southern pine plantations in the US South and this region is the wood basket of the world. The success story that is southern pine forestry was facilitated by
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Shelterwood Cutting in Allegheny Hardwoods J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 David A. Marquis
In a study of four levels of cutting (removal of none, one-third, two-thirds, or all of a fully stocked 55-year-old stand), removal of one-third of the basal area provided best conditions for the establishment of new seedlings of preferred species, especially black cherry. Height growth was limited, an indication that the remaining over-story should be removed in 5 to 10 years. Fern and grass cover
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System Design and Management for Restoring Penn's Woods J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Dylan H. Jenkins, Daniel A. Devlin, Nels C. Johnson, Stephanie P. Orndorff
Pennsylvania has embarked on establishing a half-million-acre old-growth system within its 2.1 million acres of state forest. If successful, this system will contribute to the restoration of ecological functions associated with old-growth forests that have virtually disappeared from eastern ecosystems. However, the proposed old-growth forests must be resurrected from fragmented and structurally homogenous
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Commentary: A Personal Note J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 John H. Beuter
A personal note from the SAF president to the membership.
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Silviculture and Forest Ecology J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 David Mercker, Ryan Blair, Don Tyler, Theresa Jain, Russell Graham, Donald Rockwood, Nicholas Koch, Jeremy Brawner, Omar Carrero, Kristofer Covey, Alex Barrett, Mark Ashton, Kristofer Covey, Angela Gupta, Julie Miedtke, Amy Mayer, Paul Scowcroft, Justin Yeh, Nathan Beane, James Rentch, Thomas Sensenig, Jingjing Liang, Michael Kane, Dehai Zhao, Bruce Borders, John Rheney, Bridget McNassar, Jake Kleinknecht
2Over the past several decades, federal incentive programs have encouraged the restoration of bottomland forests throughout the West Gulf Coastal Plain (WGCP) and the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV). Programs such as the Conservation Reserve (CRP) and Wetlands Reserve (WRP) Programs have been marginally successful (Stanturf et al. 2001). Foresters and contractors often follow conventional
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The Boom in Forest Owners--A Bust for Forestry? J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Lester A. DeCoster
Private forests are breaking into smaller ownerships. The largest parcels remain intact for now, but the acreage in midsize woodlots is shrinking and the bottom class is growing. As the size of their ownerships decreases, owners are less likely to see the relevance of forestry. Without significant investments in public relations and marketing, forestry will become less and less relevant to more and
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Focus on ... Professional Development: The Value of Networking J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 C.D. Webb, R. Staebler
The benefits of a strong professional (and personal) network are clear. But how do we go about building such a network?
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A Landscape-Level Geographic Information System (GIS) Analysis of Streamside Management Zones on the Cumberland Plateau J. For. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Derek Lemoine, Jonathan P. Evans, C. Ken Smith
In this study, we developed and tested a geographic information system methodology to measure the width and slope of streamside management zones (SMZs). We also assessed the compliance of SMZs on the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee with the quantitative portions of state best management practices and the sustainable forestry standards used by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and the Forest Stewardship