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Riparian-associated gastropods in western Washington: community composition and the effects of forest management

We evaluated the abundance of riparian gastropod communities along headwater streams and their response to logging in southwestern Washington State. Terrestrial mollusks near logged streams with ~15 m fixed-width buffers were compared to logged streams with no buffers and to unlogged controls. Mollusk communities varied among sites relative to vegetative composition,...

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Author(s):

Alex D. Foster; Joan Ziegltrum

Year:

2013

Keywords:

buffer, logging, thinning, retention, mollusk

Source:

Northwest Science. 87(3): 243-256

Mill demonstration of TMP production from forest thinnings : pulp quality, refining energy, and handsheet properties

High-value, large-volume utilization of forest thinning materials from U.S. National Forests is a potentially important contributor to sustainable forest health. This study demonstrated the utilization of wood chips produced from thinnings for the production of thermomechanical pulp (TMP). Both whole-log chips (primarily from small-diameter logs, tops, and reject logs...

Author(s):

J.Y. Zhu; C. Tim Scott; Roland Gleisner; Doreen Mann; D.P. Dykstra; G. Holton Quinn; Louis L. Edwards

Year:

2007

Keywords:

Paper industry, energy conservation, wood-pulp industry, pulping, wood pulp, mechanical properties, wood chips, Douglas fir, smallwood, lodgepole pine, tensile strength, suppressed growth, chips, thermomechanical pulping, thinnings, small-diameter timber, small timbers, forest thinning, small diameter trees, suppressed growth trees, forest fires, sawmill residues, pulp quality, sheet properties

Source:

Bioresources. Vol. 2, no. 4 (2007): Pages 544-559

Epicormic branching in red oak crop trees five years after thinning and fertilizer application in a bottomland hardwood stand

Epicormic branches are defined as shoots arising from adventitious or dormant buds on the stem or branch of a woody plant, often following exposure to increased light levels or fire. They are a serious concern to hardwood forest managers because epicormic branches are considered defects and reduce the monetary value of logs and the lumber cut from them. The presence of...

Author(s):

Brian Roy Lockhart; Alexander J. Michalek; Matthew W. Lowe

Year:

2006

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Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 595-598

Characteristics of small headwater wetlands in second-growth forests of Washington, U.S.A

In 2002, we initiated a study to clarify the response of headwater catchments to logging on timberlands in the Coast Range of Washington, USA. Most of the predominantly first-order streams studied (summer low flows typically -1) were hydrologically complex, consisting of a main surface channel connected to multiple, small wetlands. To...

Author(s):

Jack E. Janisch; Alex D. Foster; William J. Ehinger

Year:

2011

Keywords:

forested wetlands, headwaters, logging, down wood, amphibians, seep, Pacific Northwest

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 261: 1265-1274

The longleaf pine forest: trends and current conditions

Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystems once occupied perhaps as much as 60 million acres in the Southeastern United States (fig. l), stretching from southeastern Virginia south to central Florida and west into eastern Texas (Stout and Marion 1993). These fire-dependent ecosystems covered a wide range of site conditions, from low, wet...

Author(s):

Kenneth W. Outcalt; Raymond M. Sheffield

Year:

1996

Keywords:

ecosystem, habitat, longleaf pine, nonindustrial private owner, resources

Source:

Resour. Bull. SRS–9. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 28 p.

Evaluating headwater stream buffers: lessons learned from watershed scale experiments in southwest Washington

We present preliminary results from an experiment in which alternative forest buff er treatments were applied to clusters of watersheds in southwest Washington using a Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) design. Th e treatments occurred on small (~2- to 9-ha) headwater catchments, and compared continuous fi xed-width buff ered, discontinuous patch-buff ered, and...

Author(s):

Peter A. Bisson; Shannon M. Claeson; Steven M. Wondzell; Alex D. Foster; Ashley Steel

Year:

2013

Keywords:

riparian management, buff ers, headwater streams, small watershed studies, experimental design, BACI.

Source:

In: Anderson, P.D.; Ronnenberg, K.L., eds. Density management in the 21st century: west side story. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-880. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 169–188.

Forest thinnings for integrated lumber and paper production

Integrated lumber and paper productions using forest thinning materials from U.S. national forests can significantly reduce the cost of prescriptive thinning operations. Many of the trees removed during forest thinnings are in small-diameter classes (diameter at breast height

Author(s):

J.Y. Zhu; C.T. Scott; R. Gleisner; D. Mann; D.W. Vahey; D.P. Dykstra; G.H. Quinn; L.L. Edwards

Year:

2007

Keywords:

Forest thinning, Lumber, testing, pulping, wood density, tracheary cells, lodgepole pine, pulpwood, wood fibers, tracheids, small-diameter timber, small timbers, utilization, suppressed growth, thinnings, pulp and paper processes, thermomechanical pulping, smallwood

Source:

Forest products journal. Vol. 57, no. 11 (Nov. 2007): p. 8-13

Effects of the removal of overstory hemlock from hemlock-dominated forests on eastern redback salamanders

Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is a common conifer throughout northeastern North America. The species is threatened by the exotic hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae; infestation by this forest pest can result in high levels of mortality of overstory trees with a resultant change in understory vegetation composition and structure. Pre-salvage harvesting of...

Author(s):

Robert T. Brooks

Year:

2001

Keywords:

Eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, Eastern redback salamander, Plethodon cinereus, Redback salamander, Hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 149:197-204.

Ohio forests: 2006

This report summarizes annual forest inventories conducted in Ohio from 2001 to 2006 by the Northern Research Station's Forest Inventory and Analysis unit. Ohio's forest land covers 7.9 million acres or 30 percent of the State's land area, changing little in forest land area since 1991. Of this land, 5.8 million acres (73 percent) are held by family...

Author(s):

Richard H. Widmann; Dan Balser; Charles Barnett; Brett J. Butler; Douglas M. Griffith; Tonya W. Lister; W. Keith Moser; Charles H. Perry; Rachel Riemann; Christopher W. Woodall

Year:

2009

Keywords:

forest area, forest composition, timber volume, timber growth, timber removals, mortality, forest health, biomass, completed annual inventory

Source:

Resour. Bull. NRS-36. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 119 p.

West Virginia's Forests 2008

The first full annual inventory of West Virginia's forests reports 12.0 million acres of forest land or 78 percent of the State's land area. The area of forest land has changed little since 2000. Of this land, 7.2 million acres (60 percent) are held by family forest owners. The current growing-stock inventory is 25 billion cubic feet--12 percent more than in...

Author(s):

Richard H. Widmann; Gregory W. Cook; Charles J. Barnett; Brett J. Butler; Douglas M. Griffith; Mark A. Hatfield; Cassandra M. Kurtz; Randall S. Morin; W. Keith Moser; Charles H. Perry; Ronald J. Piva; Rachel Riemann; Christopher W. Woodall

Year:

2012

Keywords:

forest resources, forest health, forest products, volume, biomass

Source:

Resour. Bull. NRS-61 Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 64 p. [DVD included].

Uneven-aged management of longleaf pine forests: a scientist and manager dialogue

Interest in appropriate management approaches for sustaining longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forests has increased substantially during the recent decade. Although long-leaf pine can be managed using even-aged techniques, interest in uneven-aged methods has grown significantly as a result of concern for sustaining the wide range of ecological...

Author(s):

Dale G. Brockway; Kenneth W. Outcalt; James M. Guldin; William D. Boyer; Joan L. Walker; D. Craig Rudolph; Robert B. Rummer; James P. Barnett; Shibu Jose; Jarek Nowak

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Artificial regeneration, group selection, growth and yield, natural regeneration, prescribed fire, red-cockaded woodpecker, single-tree selection, stand structure

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-78. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 38 p.

New York's Forests 2007

This report summarizes the first full annual inventory of New York's forests, conducted in 2002-2007 by the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station. New York's forests cover 19.0 million acres; 15.9 million acres are classified as timberland and 3.1 million acres as reserved and other forest land. Forest land is dominated by the maple/beech/birch...

Author(s):

Richard H. Widmann; Sloane Crawford; Charles Barnett; Brett J. Butler; Grant M. Domke; Douglas M. Griffith; Mark A. Hatfield; Cassandra M. Kurtz; Tonya W. Lister; Randall S. Morin; W. Keith Moser; Charles H. Perry; Rachel Riemann; Christopher W. Woodall

Year:

2012

Keywords:

forest resources, forest health, forest products, volume, biomass

Source:

New York's Forests 2007. Resour. Bull. NRS-65. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 64 p. [DVD included].

Influence of selection systems and shelterwood methods on understory plant communities of longleaf pine forests in flatwoods and uplands

Although longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forests have mostly been managed with even-aged methods, interest has been rising in uneven-aged systems, as a means of achieving a broader range of stewardship objectives. Selection silviculture has been practiced on a limited scale in longleaf pine, but difficulty of using traditional approaches and...

Author(s):

Dale G. Brockway; Kenneth W. Outcalt

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Pinus palustris, Foliar cover, Species diversity, Even-aged silviculture, Uneven-aged silviculture, Pro-B method

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management

Estimating uncertainty in the volume and carbon storage of downed coarse woody debris

Downed coarse woody debris, also known as coarse woody detritus or downed dead wood, is challenging to estimate for many reasons, including irregular shapes, multiple stages of decay, and the difficulty of identifying species. In addition, some properties are commonly not measured, such as wood density and carbon concentration. As a result, there have been few previous...

Author(s):

John L. Campbell; Mark B. Green; Ruth D. Yanai; Christopher W. Woodall; Shawn Fraver; Mark E. Harmon; Mark A. Hatfield; Charles J. Barnett; Craig R. See; Grant M. Domke

Year:

2019

Keywords:

carbon, coarse woody debris, dead wood, error analysis, forest inventory, Monte Carlo, uncertainty

Source:

Ecological Applications

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Riparian-associated gastropods in western Washington: community composition and the effects of forest management

Mill demonstration of TMP production from forest thinnings : pulp quality, refining energy, and handsheet properties

Epicormic branching in red oak crop trees five years after thinning and fertilizer application in a bottomland hardwood stand

Characteristics of small headwater wetlands in second-growth forests of Washington, U.S.A

The longleaf pine forest: trends and current conditions

Evaluating headwater stream buffers: lessons learned from watershed scale experiments in southwest Washington

Forest thinnings for integrated lumber and paper production

Effects of the removal of overstory hemlock from hemlock-dominated forests on eastern redback salamanders

Ohio forests: 2006

West Virginia's Forests 2008

Uneven-aged management of longleaf pine forests: a scientist and manager dialogue

New York's Forests 2007

Influence of selection systems and shelterwood methods on understory plant communities of longleaf pine forests in flatwoods and uplands

Estimating uncertainty in the volume and carbon storage of downed coarse woody debris

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