W. J. Wang, H. S. He ([email protected]) and J. S. Fraser, School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Missouri, 203 ABNR Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. – F. R. Thompson III and S. R. Shifley, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 202 ABNR Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. – M. A. Spetich, Arkansas Forestry Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, PO Box 1270, Hot Sp...

Pacifi c Northwest Research Station September 2014 Forest Service DPAR TMENT OF AGRICUL T U RE 1 Th omas A. Hanley is a research wildlife biologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacifi c Northwest Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 11175 Auke Lake Way, Juneau, AK 99801. Michael P. Gillingham and Katherine L. Parker are professors, Natural Resources and Environmen...

Assistant Fire Management Officer, Eldorado National Forest, Placerville, Calif.; Soil Scientist, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Glendora, Calif. Abstract: The use of prescribed fire in the chaparral could reduce the incidence and impacts of severe wildfires and enhance watershed resources. This paper describes the operatio...

Simulating riparian vegetation and aquatic habitat dynamics in response to natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes in the Upper Grande Ronde River, Oregon, USA Steven M. Wondzell a,∗, Miles A. Hemstrom b, Peter A. Bisson a a USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 3625 93rd Ave., S.W., Olympia, WA 98512, USA b USDA Forest Service, Pacific Nor...

a Southern Global Change Program, USDA Forest Service, 920 Main Campus Dr., Venture II, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA b Southern China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, PR China c College of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China d University of British Columbia-Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada V1V 1V7 e Coweeta ...

a 311 Cheatham Hall B (0324), Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 24601, USA b 374 Newins Ziegler Hall, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, USA c 313 Cheatham Hall (0324), Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechn...

U.S. Forest Service Examines Fire Retardant Policy As fire season in the western United States peaks, the U.S. Forest Service is incorporating public comments into a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) published earlier this year.1 The DEIS was developed in response to a July 2010 ruling by Montana’s Federal District Court that U.S. Forest Service protocols for aerial application of fir...

R. D. Magarey1, D. M. Borchert2, J. S. Engle3, M. Colunga-Garcia4, F. H. Koch5 and D. Yemshanov6 1Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606 (USA); e-mail: [email protected] 2USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine Division, Center for Plant Health Science and Tech...

This paper discusses issues and requirements associated with the development of a spatial decision support system for the USDA Forest Service. A system was developed which integrates optimization based management planning models using map based representations of the spatial area being analyzed. This system was designed to address the decidedly hierarchical planning environment of the USDA Fore...