scholarly journals The Integrated Restoration and Protection Strategy of USDA Forest Service Region 1: A Road Map to Improved Planning

2014 ◽  
pp. 93-110
Author(s):  
Patrick Bourgeron ◽  
Hope Humphries ◽  
Chip Fisher ◽  
Barry Bollenbacher ◽  
Keith Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Forest Service ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Protection Strategy ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Restoration And Protection

USDA Forest Service National Woodland Owner Survey, 2011-2013: design, implementation, and estimation methods

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett J. Butler ◽  
Brenton J. Dickinson ◽  
Jaketon H. Hewes ◽  
Sarah M. Butler ◽  
Kyle Andrejczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Service ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
National Woodland Owner Survey

USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995 : Effects of Global Change

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Birdsey ◽  
Robert Mickler ◽  
David Sandberg ◽  
Richard Tinus ◽  
John Zerbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Global Change Research Program ◽  
Global Change Research

Conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse: An assessment of USDA Forest Service Science

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Finch ◽  
D. A. Boyce ◽  
J. C. Chambers ◽  
C. J. Colt ◽  
K. Dumroese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Service ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Sage Grouse ◽  
Usda Forest Service

Stratified forest inventory estimation with mapped plots

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 2382-2386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul C Van Deusen
Keyword(s):  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Inventory Data ◽  
Expansion Factor ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Weighted Estimation ◽  
Forest Conditions

Weighted estimation formulas are developed for producing stratified estimates of means and variances where data come from plots that can contain multiple forest conditions. Each plot is mapped to allow the analyst to focus on specific forest types or conditions. The weights required to accommodate mapped plots are somewhat more complicated than the weights for unmapped plots. In particular, these weights depend on the mapped condition of interest. The implication is that a single plot weight or expansion factor will not suffice for all analyses as it does for unmapped plots. The methods are demonstrated using USDA Forest Service inventory data.

Changes in Relationships between the USDA Forest Service and Small, Forest-Based Communities in the Northwest Forest Plan Area amid Declines in Agency Staffing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna R Santo ◽  
Michael R Coughlan ◽  
Heidi Huber-Stearns ◽  
Mark D O Adams ◽  
Gabriel Kohler
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Community Member ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Northwest Forest Plan ◽  
Small Forest ◽  
Community Relationships

Abstract This article explores the changing relationships between the USDA Forest Service and 10 small, forest-based communities in the Northwest Forest Plan area in Washington, Oregon, and California. Interviews with 158 community members and agency personnel indicated that community member interviewees were largely dissatisfied with the agency’s current level of community engagement. Interviewees believed that loss of staff was the primary factor contributing to declining engagement, along with increasing turnover and long-distance commuting. Interviewees offered explanations for increasing employee turnover and commuting, including lack of housing, lack of employment for spouses, lack of services for children, social isolation, improving road conditions making long-distance commuting easier, agency incentives and culture, decreasing social cohesion among agency staff, unpaid overtime responsibilities, and agency hiring practices. Community member perceptions regarding long-term changes in community well-being and agency-community relationships were more negative than agency staff’s perceptions. Study Implications: We found evidence that staffing declines, turnover, and long-distance commuting may contribute to decreasing agency engagement in some communities, and that diminished engagement by federal forest management agency employees may contribute to negative attitudes toward the agency. Agency employee interviewees suggested that incentives (i.e., promotions, opportunities to live elsewhere), internal conflicts, and a lack of opportunities and services for their families are reasons that staff commute from neighboring communities or leave their jobs. Our findings suggest that the USDA Forest Service may improve agency-community relationships by supporting its staff in ways that reduce turnover and long-distance commuting and incentivize community engagement.

Snag Management on National Forests in the Pacific Northwest—1984

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Evelyn L. Bull ◽  
Jack Ward Thomas ◽  
Kirk Horn
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
National Forests ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
North West ◽  
West Region ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Management Recommendations

Abstract A questionnaire was sent to each Ranger District in the Pacific North-west Region of the USDA Forest Service to get information on present snag-management programs. Ninety-five percent of the responding Ranger Districts left snags at levels that ranged from 0.15 snags/ha (0 06/ac) to 12-15 snags/ha (5-6/ac) on all forested lands. Live trees were intentionally left as future snags on 93% of the Ranger Districts. Live trees were killed to create snags on 41% of the Ranger Districts. Management recommendations are made as to the kind of snags to leave and methods of maintaining them. West. J. Appl. For. 1:41-43, April 1986

scholarly journals A Method for Evaluating Fixed-Radius Plot Size When Sampling Western Juniper Seedlings and Saplings

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-208
Author(s):  
David L. Azuma ◽  
Larry Bednar
Keyword(s):  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Forest Inventory And Analysis ◽  
Size Selection ◽  
Western Juniper ◽  
Plot Size ◽  
Fixed Radius ◽  
Selection For

Abstract This note outlines a method for evaluating plot size selection for an inventory of western juniper woodlands in eastern Oregon. The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA Forest Service in Portland, Oregon, used this method to evaluate several plot sizes to measure seedlings and saplings in the 1998 inventory of eastern Oregon. By choosing a 5 m radius plot, the probability of tallying no seedlings or saplings on four subplots is less than 10% for the three sample densities (0.01, 0.02, and 0.03 trees/m2) used. West. J. Appl. For. 17(4):207–208.

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