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Hazardous fuel treatments, suppression cost impacts, and risk mitigation

Land management agencies face uncertain tradeoffs regarding investments in preparedness and fuels management versus future suppression costs and impacts to valued resources and assets. Prospective evaluation of fuel treatments allows for comparison of alternative treatment strategies in terms of socioeconomic and ecological impacts, and can facilitate tradeoff analysis...

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Author(s):

Matthew P. Thompson; Michael S. Hand; Julie W. Gilbertson-Day; Nicole M. Vaillant; Darek J. Nalle

Year:

2013

Keywords:

exposure analysis, hazardous fuels, risk assessment, suppression cost

Source:

In: González-Cabán, Armando, tech. coord. Proceedings of the fourth international symposium on fire economics, planning, and policy: climate change and wildfires. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-245 (English). Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 66-80

Decision support models for economically efficient integrated forest management

Forest managers are challenged to fulfill conflicting social, biological, and commodity production objectives. To wisely use available, scarce resources for management activities, it is not enough to consider short term costs and effects of management (fuel reduction, planting, or other forest treatments). Long term tactical, spatial and temporal planning is needed to...

Author(s):

Hans R. Zuuring; Judy M. Troutwine; Greg J. Jones; Janet Sullivan

Year:

2005

Keywords:

decision making, forest management, models, Multi-resource analysis and geographic information system (MAGIS), planning, Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS)

Source:

In: 2005 ESRI International User Conference Proceedings [electronic resource]: [July 25-29, 2005, San Diego, Calif.]. [Redlands, CA]: ESRI: p. [1-25]

A model-based framework to evaluate alternative wildfire suppression strategies

The complexity and demands of wildland firefighting in the western U.S. have increased over recent decades due to factors including the expansion of the wildland-urban interface, lengthening fire seasons associated with climate change, and changes in vegetation due to past fire suppression and timber harvest. In light of these changes, the use of more wildland fire on...

Author(s):

Karin L. Riley; Matthew P. Thompson; Joe H. Scott; Julie W. Gilbertson-Day

Year:

2018

Keywords:

fire reintroduction, lightning fire, human-caused fire, fire feedbacks, forest restoration, uncertainty, risk, socioecological systems, wildfire suppression, FSim

Source:

Resources. 7(1): 4.

5.0 Monitoring methods for forests vulnerable to non-native invasive pest species

Non-native invasive species pose a serious threat to forest resources, requiring programs to monitor their spatial spread and the damage they inflict on forest ecosystems. Invasive species research in the Delaware River Basin (DRB) had three primary objectives: to develop and evaluate monitoring protocols for selected pests and resulting ecosystem damage at the IMRAs...

Author(s):

David W. Williams; Michael E. Montgomery; Kathleen S. Shields; Richard A. Evans

Year:

2008

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Source:

In: Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 41-51.

Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: Ecosystemservices, green solutions, and misconceptions

Urban green space is purported to offset greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, remove air and water pollutants, cool local climate, and improve public health. To use these services, municipalities have focused efforts on designing and implementing ecosystem-services-based "green infrastructure" in urban environments. In some cases the environmental benefits of this...

Author(s):

Diane Pataki; Margaret Carreiro; Jennifer Cherrier; Nancy Grulke; Viniece Jennings; Stephanie Pincetl; Richard Pouyat; Thomas Whitlow; Wayne Zipperer

Year:

2011

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Source:

Frontiers Ecology Environment. 9(1):27-36

A simple tool for estimating throughfall nitrogen deposition in forests of western North America using lichens

Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition has had substantial impacts on forests of North America. Managers seek to monitor deposition to identify areas of concern and establish critical loads, which define the amount of deposition that can be tolerated by ecosystems without causing substantial harm. We present a new monitoring approach that estimates throughfall inorganic...

Author(s):

Heather T. Root; Linda H. Geiser; Mark E. Fenn; Sarah Jovan; Martin A. Hutten; Suraj Ahuja; Karen Dillman; David Schirokauer; Shanti Berryman; Jill A. McMurray

Year:

2013

Keywords:

Air quality, Critical loads, Lichens, Nitrogen deposition, Throughfall

Source:

A simple tool for estimating throughfall nitrogen deposition in forests of western North America using lichens. Forest Ecology and Management. 306: 1-8

The Escambia Experimental Forest

The U.S. Forest Service established research centers throughout the country in the early 20^th century. Six of these were located within the native range of longleaf pine, including one at Brewton, AL. The Escambia was established near the Brewton unit of the East Gulf Coast Research Center, Southern Forest Experiment Station, on April 1, 1947,...

Author(s):

Kristina F. Connor; Dale G. Brockway; William D. Boyer; Ronald K. Tucker

Year:

2009

Keywords:

longleaf pine, Escambia Experimental Forest, research

Source:

In: Bowersock, E.P.; Hermann, S.M.; Kush, J.S., comps. Forestry in a Changing World: New Challenges and Opportunities. Proceedings of the Longleaf Alliance Seventh Regional Conference and Forest Guild Annual Meeting. Longleaf Alliance Report No. 14. 45-48.

Eutrophic lichens respond to multiple forms of N: implications for critical levels and critical loads research

Epiphytic lichen communities are highly sensitive to excess nitrogen (N), which causes the replacement of native floras by N-tolerant, ??weedy?? eutrophic species. This shift is commonly used as the indicator of ecosystem ??harm?? in studies developing empirical critical levels (CLE) for ammonia (NH₃) and critical loads (CLO) for N. To be most...

Author(s):

Sarah Jovan; Jennifer Riddell; Pamela E Padgett; Thomas Nash

Year:

2012

Keywords:

ammonia, bark pH, bioindicators, critical levels of N gas concentrations, critical loads of N deposition, eutrophic lichens, lichens, nitric acid, nitrogen, nitrophytes, southern California, throughfall deposition

Source:

Ecological Applications. 22(7): 1910-1922

Assessing watershed-wildfire risks on National Forest System lands in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States

Wildfires can cause significant negative impacts to water quality with resultant consequences for the environment and human health and safety, as well as incurring substantial rehabilitation and water treatment costs. In this paper we will illustrate how state-of-the-art wildfire simulation modeling and geospatial risk assessment methods can be brought to bear to...

Author(s):

Matthew P. Thompson; Joe Scott; Paul G. Langowski; Julie W. Gilbertson-Day; Jessica R. Haas; Elise M. Bowne

Year:

2013

Keywords:

exposure, fuel treatment, prioritization, risk, water quality, watershed health, wildfire

Source:

Water. 5(3): 945-971.

Epiphytic macrolichen indication of air quality and climate in interior forested mountains of the Pacific Northwest, USA

Biomonitoring can provide cost-effective and practical information about the distribution of nitrogen(N) deposition, particularly in regions with complex topography and sparse instrumented monitoring sites. Because of their unique biology, lichens are very sensitive bioindicators of air quality. Lichens lack acuticle to control absorption or leaching of nutrients and...

Author(s):

Heather T. Root; Linda H. Geiser; Sarah Jovan; Peter Neitlich

Year:

2015

Keywords:

air quality, bioindicators, climate change, critical level, lichen community, N deposition

Source:

Ecological Indicators. 53: 95-105. 11 p.

Examining alternative fuel management strategies and the relative contribution of National Forest System land to wildfire risk to adjacent homes - A pilot assessment on the Sierra National Forest, California, USA

Determining the degree of risk that wildfires pose to homes, where across the landscape the risk originates, and who can best mitigate risk are integral elements of effective co-management of wildfire risk. Developing assessments and tools to help provide this information is a high priority for federal land management agencies such as the US Forest Service (...

Author(s):

Joe H. Scott; Matthew P. Thompson; Julie W. Gilbertson-Day

Year:

2016

Keywords:

exposure and effects analysis, fuel management, risk source, risk transmission, WUI

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 362: 29-37.

Chapter 6 - Lichen species to bioindicate air quality in Eastern United States from elemental composition: lessons from the Midwest

Elemental concentration in lichens is a popular and cost-effective tool to bioindicate pollution load at plots (Donovan and others
2016, Paoli and others 2014, Root and others 2015) and to complement costly instrumented monitoring to help assess environmental health. From recent development of lichen elemental bioindicators for air pollution in the U.S....

Author(s):

Susan Will-Wolf; Sarah Jovan; Michael C. Amacher

Year:

2018

Keywords:

Source:

In: Potter, Kevin M.; Conkling, Barbara L., eds. 2018. Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2017. General Technical Report SRS-233. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Pages 101-114.

Efficacy of spring and fall treatments of carbaryl for protecting ponderosa pine from mortality attributed to mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

High-value trees, such as those growing in residential, recreational, or administrative sites, are often susceptible to colonization by bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) as a result of increased amounts of stress associated with off-site plantings, drought, soil compaction, and/or mechanical injury. The value of these trees, cost of removing dead...

Author(s):

Christopher Fettig; Laura Lowrey; Darren Blackford; Joel McMillin; A Steven Munson; Leif A. Mortenson

Year:

2018

Keywords:

bole spray, insecticide, Pinus ponderosa, tree protection

Source:

Journal of Economic Entomology. 111(6): 2979-2982

Moss as bio-indicators of human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Portland, OR

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of air pollutants linked to a wide range of adverse health outcomes, including asthma, cancers, cardiovascular disease, and fetal growth impairment. PAHs are emitted by combustion of organic matter (e.g. fossil fuels, plant biomass) and can accumulate in plant and animal tissues over time. Compared to criteria...

Author(s):

Geoffrey H. Donovan; Sarah E. Jovan; Demetrios Gatziolis; Vicente J. Monleon

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Source:

In: Stanton, Sharon M.; Christensen, Glenn A., comps. 2015. Pushing boundaries: new directions in inventory techniques and applications: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2015. 2015 December 8–10; Portland, Oregon. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-931. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 292.

“Lichens Lite?” chemical analysis of lichens for tracking 26 pollutants

Lichen chemistry can be used to estimate concentrations of environmental contaminants, ranging from heavy metals and fertilizers to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins, pesticides, herbicides, and flame retardants. We conducted a pilot looking at 26 metals and nutrient anions in 5 widespread lichen species across the upper Midwest, including: As, Al, Ba, Ca, Cd,...

Author(s):

Sarah Jovan; Susan Will-Wolf; Michael Amacher

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Source:

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Hazardous fuel treatments, suppression cost impacts, and risk mitigation

Decision support models for economically efficient integrated forest management

A model-based framework to evaluate alternative wildfire suppression strategies

5.0 Monitoring methods for forests vulnerable to non-native invasive pest species

Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: Ecosystemservices, green solutions, and misconceptions

A simple tool for estimating throughfall nitrogen deposition in forests of western North America using lichens

The Escambia Experimental Forest

Eutrophic lichens respond to multiple forms of N: implications for critical levels and critical loads research

Assessing watershed-wildfire risks on National Forest System lands in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States

Epiphytic macrolichen indication of air quality and climate in interior forested mountains of the Pacific Northwest, USA

Examining alternative fuel management strategies and the relative contribution of National Forest System land to wildfire risk to adjacent homes - A pilot assessment on the Sierra National Forest, California, USA

Chapter 6 - Lichen species to bioindicate air quality in Eastern United States from elemental composition: lessons from the Midwest

Efficacy of spring and fall treatments of carbaryl for protecting ponderosa pine from mortality attributed to mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Moss as bio-indicators of human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Portland, OR

“Lichens Lite?” chemical analysis of lichens for tracking 26 pollutants

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