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Forest productivity: an integrated research and development program

In 2000, the North Central Research Station initiated the Forest Productivity Integrated Research Program (North Central Research Station 2001). This program combines the efforts of scientists from across the Station's 13 research work units to examine the current condition of the forests in the North Central Region and their prospects for producing wood and fiber...

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Author(s):

Daniel C. Dey; Thomas R. Crow; Don E. Riemenschneider

Year:

2003

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In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 404

Forest productivity: producing goods and services for people

Presents the progress made by North Central Research Station scientists working in the Forest Productivity Integrated Research and Development Program over the past several years. We discuss policy relevant research on assessing productivity, modeling potential, productivity, and improving productivity within the conceptual framework for research and development in the...

Author(s):

Thomas R. Crow; Daniel C. Dey; Don Riemenschneider

Year:

2006

Keywords:

forest productivity, midwest region, silviculture, assessment, social science

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Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-246. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 34 p.

The global position of the U S forest products industry

The United States? share of global industrial roundwood production has declined since the 1990s. We reviewed data from 1961-2013 to evaluate the extent of this decline for industrial roundwood and derived secondary forest products compared to other major producing countries. We find that the U.S. global share of industrial roundwood peaked at 28 percent in 1999 but...

Author(s):

Jeffrey P. Prestemon; David N. Wear; Michaela O. Foster

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Forest sector, industrial roundwood, market share, timber products.

Source:

e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-204. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 24 p.

Chapter 7 - Policies and regulations concerning non-timber forest products

The United States regulatory landscape for managing nontimber forest products (NTFPs) is as complex as the broad spectrum of harvesters, consumers, species, and products that make up this category. This overview briefy highlights some of the important historical foundations of United States natural resource laws and introduces more recent concepts and attitudes to...

Author(s):

Patricia De Angelis; Sharon Nygaard-Scott; James Chamberlain; Sharofa Crandall; Frank K. Lake; Rebecca J. McLain; Christine Mitchell; Amit R. Patel

Year:

2018

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Source:

In: Assessment of nontimber forest products in the United States under changing conditions. General Technical Report SRS-232, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Beauty, bounty, and biodiversity: the story of California Indian’s relationship with edible native geophytes

California supported a great diversity of plants with edible underground storage organs available to Indian tribes. Together, plant foods, fish and meat made up an indigenous diet that was well-rounded, diverse, and relatively secure. The edible underground parts possessed by these plants are classified as bulbs, corms, taproots, tubers and rhizomes, and when...

Author(s):

M. Kat Anderson; Frank K. Lake

Year:

2016

Keywords:

California Indians, Geophytes, Root foods, Indian potatoes

Source:

Fremontia. 44(3): 44-51

Environmental concentrations of copper, chromium, and arsenic released from a chromated-copper-arsenate-(CCA-C-) treated wetland boardwalk

A study was conducted to evaluate environmental accumulation and mobility of total copper, chromium, and arsenic adjacent to a chromated-copper-arsenate-(CCA-C-) treated wetland boardwalk. The study was considered a severe test because it included a large volume of treated wood in a site with high annual rainfall. Soil and sediment samples were collected before...

Author(s):

Stan T. Lebow; Daniel Foster

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Chromated copper arsenate, CCA, copper, chromium, arsenic, wetlands, boardwalk

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Forest products journal. Vol. 55, no. 2 (Feb. 2005): p. 62-70.

Rate of CCA leaching from commercially treated decking.

Conflicting reports on levels of arsenic in soil beneath decks treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) have raised concerns about arsenic exposure from this type of treated wood. This paper reports on an evaluation of the rate of release of copper, chromium, and arsenic from commercially treated lumber as a function of treatment additive (with or without water...

Author(s):

Stan Lebow; Daniel Foster; Patricia Lebow

Year:

2004

Keywords:

CCA, copper-chrome arsenate, leaching, decks.

Source:

Forest Products Journal. Vol. 54, no. 2 (Feb. 2004). Pages 81-88.

Environmental impact of preservative-treated wood in a wetland boardwalk.

Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and industry partners are cooperating in a study of the leaching and environmental effects of a wetland boardwalk. The construction project is considered bworst casec because the site has high rainfall and large volumes of treated wood were used. Separate boardwalk test sections were constructed using untreated wood or wood...

Author(s):

Stan T. Lebow; Patricia K. Lebow; Daniel O. Foster; Kenneth M. Brooks

Year:

Keywords:

Wood preservatives--Environmental aspects, Bridges, Wood preservatives, Footpaths, Environmental impact, Wetlands, Copper arsenate, Leaching, Heavy metals, Water pollution, Florida, Copper zinc arsenate, Copper dimethyldithiocarbamate

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(Research paper FPL ; RP-582):126 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Soil and sediment concentrations of chromium, copper, and arsenic adjacent to a chromated copper arsenate-treated wetland boardwalk

Environmental accumulation of preservative adjacent to a chromated copper arsenate (type C)?treated wetland boardwalk was evaluated. The site is considered a realistic ??worst case?? because of the large volume of treated wood, low current speeds, high annual rainfall, and environmental sensitivity. Soil and sediment samples were collected before construction and 0.5,...

Author(s):

Stan Lebow; Daniel Foster

Year:

2010

Keywords:

Wooden bridges, bridges, wood preservatives, soil pollution, soil chemistry, leaching, wetlands, copper, chromium, arsenic, boardwalks, CCA, preservatives, chromated copper arsenate, treated wood, environmental aspects, preservative treated wood

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Forest products journal. Vol. 60, no. 2 (2010): p. 183-189.

Forest site classification for cultural plant harvest by tribal weavers can inform management

Do qualitative classifications of ecological conditions for harvesting culturally important forest plants correspond to quantitative differences among sites? To address this question, we blended scientific methods (SEK) and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) to identify conditions on sites considered good, marginal, or poor for harvesting the leaves of a plant (...

Author(s):

S. Hummel; F.K. Lake

Year:

2015

Keywords:

forest structure, cultural plants, silviculture, basketry, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).

Source:

Journal of Forestry

US forest products in the global economy

The United States? shares of global industrial roundwood production and derivative products have declined precipitously since the 1990s. We evaluate the extent of these declines compared with those of major producing countries from 1961 to 2013. We find that the US global share of industrial roundwood peaked at 28% in 1999 but by 2013 was at 17%, with the decline...

Author(s):

Dave N Wear; Jeff Prestemon; Michaela O. Foster

Year:

2015

Keywords:

forest sector, industrial roundwood, market share, timber products

Source:

Journal of Forestry

Chapter 4 - Cultural dimensions of nontimber products

Nontimber forest products (NTFPs) provide cultural ecosystem services for peoples throughout the United States and its affliated territories. Cultural ecosystem services of NTFPs are those tangible and intangible functions that contribute to the traditions, livelihoods, and wellbeing of social groups including, but not limited to, indigenous and minority communities (...

Author(s):

Frank K. Lake; Marla R. Emery; Michelle J. Baumflek; Kathleen S. Friday; Katie Kamelamela; Linda Kruger; Nicole Grewe; Jonathan Gilbert; Nicholas J. Reo

Year:

2018

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Source:

In: Chamberlain, James L.; Emery, Marla R.; Patel-Weynand, Toral, eds. 2018. Assessment of nontimber forest products in the United States under changing conditions. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–232. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Tall oil precursors of Douglas fir

The sapwood and heartwood extractives of Douglas fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] and the tall oil in the kraft black liquor were characterized. On pulping, isomerization and conversion of conjugated resin acids to dehydroabietic acid was observed. Recovery of both fatty and resin acids from pulping was lower than predicted from the extractive composition....

Author(s):

Daniel O. Foster; Duane F. Zinkel; Anthony H. Conner

Year:

1980

Keywords:

Pseudotsuga menziesii, extractives, tall oil, paraquat, fatty acids, oleoresins, precursors, resin acids, lightwood, triterpenes, nonsaponifiables

Source:

Tappi. Vol. 63, no. 12 (Dec. 1980): pages 103-105.

Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America (USA) have long-standing relationships to ancestral lands now managed by federal land management agencies. In recent decades, federal and state governments have increasingly recognized tribal rights to resources on public lands and to participate in their management. In support of a new...

Author(s):

Jonathan W. Long; Frank K. Lake

Year:

2018

Keywords:

American Indians, ecocultural resources, indigenous peoples, public lands, social-ecological restoration, social-ecological traps, stewardship, tribal rights, well-being.

Source:

Ecology and Society. 23(2):10.

Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research [XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5–11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, USA – Abstracts]

This volume contains the abstracts of the 2,430 oral and poster papers presented at the 2014 IUFRO World Congress held in Salt Lake City, Utah in October 2014.

Author(s):

John A. Parrotta; Cynthia F. Moser; Amy J. Scherzer; Nancy F. Koerth; Daryl R. Lederle

Year:

2014

Keywords:

IUFRO, Congress, forest science

Source:

International Forestry Review

Spatial cross-correlation of undisturbed, natural shortleaf pine stands in northern Georgia

In this study a cross-correlation statistic is used to analyse the spatial relationship among stand characteristics of natural, undisturbed shortleaf pine stands sampled during 1961-72 and 1972-82 in northern Georgia. Stand characteristics included stand age, site index, tree density, hardwood competition, and mortality. In each time period, the spatial cross-...

Author(s):

Robin M. Reich; Raymond L. Czaplewski; William A. Bechtold

Year:

1994

Keywords:

cross-correlogram, Moran's I, spatial anomaly

Source:

Environmental and Ecological Statistics. 1: 201-217.

The North American long-term soil productivity experiment: findings from the first decade of research

First decade findings on the impacts of organic matter removal and soil compaction are reported for the 26 oldest installations in the nation-wide network of long-term soil productivity sites. Complete removal of surface organic matter led to declines in soil C concentration to 20 cm depth and to reduced nutrient availability. The effect is attributed mainly to the...

Author(s):

Robert F. Powers; D. Andrew Scott; Felipe g. Sanchez; Richard A. Voldseth; Deborah Page-Dumroese; John D. Elioff; Douglas M. Stone

Year:

2005

Keywords:

LTSP, soil compaction, harvesting impacts, sustained productivity, biomass, carbon

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 220: 31-50

Estimating preservative release from treated wood exposed to precipitation

Accelerated leaching methods are needed to better estimate emissions from treated wood used above ground or above water. In this study, we evaluated leaching methods using continuous immersion, dip immersion, and simulated rainfall approaches. Copper and/or boron emissions were measured for specimens treated with either chromated copper arsenate Type C (CCA-C) or a...

Author(s):

Stan Lebow; Patricia Lebow; Daniel Foster

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Wood moisture, moisture, precipitation, borax, boron, water pollution, Leaching, methods, moisture content, treated wood, service life, preservative treated wood, wood preservatives, leaching, arsenic, copper, chromium, preservatives, boron compounds, preservative treatments, environmental aspects, southern pine, CCA, chromated copper arsenate

Source:

Wood and fiber science. Vol. 40, no. 4 (Oct. 2008): Pages 562-571.

Negligible effects of severe organic matter removal and soil compaction on loblolly pine growth over 10 years

The long-term soil productivity (LTSP) study was initiated to examine the effect of soil porosity and organic matter (OM) levels on net primary productivity (NPP). The study design calls for three levels of OM removal (bole, whole tree and whole tree plus forest floor) and three levels of compaction (none, moderate and severe) being imposed on harvested sites prior to...

Author(s):

Felipe G. Sanchez; D. Andrew Scott; Kim H. Ludovici

Year:

2006

Keywords:

Compaction, Understory control, Net primary productivity, Loblolly pine, Residual biomass, Soil nutrients, Foliar nutrients

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management 227: 145–154

Soil carbon and nitrogen content and stabilization in mid-rotation, intensively managed sweetgum and loblolly stands

Intensive forestry has resulted in considerable increases in aboveground stand productivity including foliar and belowground biomass which are the primary sources of soil organic matter. Soil organic matter is important for the maintenance of soil physical, chemical and biological quality. Additionally, sequestering carbon (C) in soils may provide a means of mitigating...

Author(s):

Kurt H. Johnsen; Lisa J. Samuelson; Felipe G. Sanchez; Bob Eaton

Year:

2013

Keywords:

Soil C, Soil N, Stabilization, forest productivity, Loblolly pine, Sweetgum

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management

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Forest productivity: an integrated research and development program

Forest productivity: producing goods and services for people

The global position of the U S forest products industry

Chapter 7 - Policies and regulations concerning non-timber forest products

Beauty, bounty, and biodiversity: the story of California Indian’s relationship with edible native geophytes

Environmental concentrations of copper, chromium, and arsenic released from a chromated-copper-arsenate-(CCA-C-) treated wetland boardwalk

Rate of CCA leaching from commercially treated decking.

Environmental impact of preservative-treated wood in a wetland boardwalk.

Soil and sediment concentrations of chromium, copper, and arsenic adjacent to a chromated copper arsenate-treated wetland boardwalk

Forest site classification for cultural plant harvest by tribal weavers can inform management

US forest products in the global economy

Chapter 4 - Cultural dimensions of nontimber products

Tall oil precursors of Douglas fir

Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research [XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5–11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, USA – Abstracts]

Spatial cross-correlation of undisturbed, natural shortleaf pine stands in northern Georgia

The North American long-term soil productivity experiment: findings from the first decade of research

Estimating preservative release from treated wood exposed to precipitation

Negligible effects of severe organic matter removal and soil compaction on loblolly pine growth over 10 years

Soil carbon and nitrogen content and stabilization in mid-rotation, intensively managed sweetgum and loblolly stands

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