http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/sci-update.shtml Pacific Northwest Research Station Science Update en-us http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/science-update-21.pdf In a sun-baked, grassy clearing on the east side of the Cascade Range in central Washington, Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station landscape ecologist Miles Hemstrom and a group of ecologists and land managers from the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) gather in the shade of a ponderosa pine. Hemstrom, M.A. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:10:36 PST Science Update 21 Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p. Douglas Beebe http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/science-update-20.pdf In popular imagination, the oak tree stands for strength, endurance, and longevity. But in the coastal lowlands and central valleys of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California, oaks face a battery of natural and human-induced threats. Harrington, C. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:25:36 PST Science Update 20 Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p. Douglas Beebe http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/science-update-19.pdf On May 18, 1980, after two months of tremors, Mount St. Helens erupted spectacularly and profoundly changed a vast area surrounding the volcano. Crisafulli,Charlie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:25:36 PST Science Update 21 Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p. Douglas Beebe http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/science-update-18.pdf For much of the last century, the connection between national forests and many rural forest communities, especially in the Pacific Northwest, was defined by timber-related employment. Maleki, Sussanne Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:25:36 PST Science Update 18 Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p. Tiffany Dong http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/science-update-14.pdf Over the last several decades, the overall air quality goal in the United States has been to protect public health and clear skies by reducing emissions. At the same time, however, the risk of catastrophic fire has been rising in forests around the country as overly dense trees and understory brush crowd the stands. Rapp, Valerie Thuday, 5 Oct 2006 10:25:36 PST Science Update 14. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p. Tiffany Dong http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/science-update-13.pdf Definitive results from the Starkey Project's firstdecade (1989-99) have given managers defensible options for managing roads, timber production, and range allotments in relation to elk, deer, and cattle. Study results have prompted changes in policies, management standards and guidelines, hunting regulations, and timber sale planning throughout western North America. Rapp, Valerie Thuday, 9 Mar 2006 12:25:36 PST Science Update 13. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p. Tiffany Dong