Michelle Baumflek

Research Biologist

Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center

200 W.T. Weaver Blvd
Asheville, NC 28804-3454
United States

Phone

828-257-4887

Publications & Products
Research Highlights

Other Publications

Chamberlain, James ; Small, Christine ; Baumflek, Michelle. 2019. Sustainable Forest Management for Nontimber Products
Baumflek, Michelle ; Kassam, Karim-Aly ; Ginger, Clare ; Emery, Marla R.. 2021. Incorporating Biocultural Approaches in Forest Management: Insights from a Case Study of Indigenous Plant Stewardship in Maine, USA and New Brunswick, Canada
Lake, Frank K.; Emery, Marla R.; Baumflek, Michelle J.; Friday, Kathleen S.; Kamelamela, Katie ; Kruger, Linda ; Grewe, Nicole ; Gilbert, Jonathan ; Reo, Nicholas J.. 2018. Chapter 4 - Cultural dimensions of nontimber products

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Chamberlain, James; Small, Christine; Baumflek. Michelle. (2019). Sustainable forest management for nontimber products. Sustainability 11(9): 2670.
Baumflek, Michelle; Chamberlain, James L. (2019). Ramps Reporting: What 70 years of popular media tells us about a cultural keystone species. Southeastern Geographer 59(1): 77-96.

Research Highlights

United Keetoowah Band tribal member and ethnobotanist Roger Cain harvests rivercane for use in basketry and other traditional arts. Rivercane is culturally and ecologically important but is not easily accessible for many tribes. A new citizen science project is developing strategies to map rivercane.

Mapping Rivercane in the Southeast Through Community Science Partnership with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

Year: 2020

The USDA Forest Service partnered with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma on an exciting new community science project to map rivercane ecosystems. Rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) is a relative of bamboo native to the southeastern U.S. and widely used in basketry and other tr...