Southern Appalachian Hardwood Timber Market Trends

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
J. E. De Steiguer ◽  
L. W. Hayden ◽  
D. L. Holley ◽  
W. G. Luppold ◽  
W. G. Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Forest Harvesting ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Southern Appalachia ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Apparent Inconsistency ◽  
Market Trends ◽  
Timber Market

Abstract Since 1980, the hardwood timber harvests in Southern Appalachia, and particularly in western North Carolina, have risen to a 20-year high. Increased harvests accompanied, in some cases, by rising real stumpage prices for private timber, could be interpreted as indications of economicscarcity. Large timber inventories, however, indicate that physical supply is not a major problem. Tract subdivision and changes from farm to nonfarm ownerships may be creating supply problems. While real prices for private stumpage have risen in North Carolina, prices for National Foresttimber have fallen rather drastically. Possible causes for this apparent inconsistency include accelerated National Forest harvesting and weak demand for federal timber due to "nuisance factors" associated with purchase of federal timber. South. J. Appl. For. 13(1):29-33.

Soyedina Ricker, 1952 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) in the eastern Nearctic: review of species concepts, proposed morphology-based species groups, and description of a new species from North Carolina

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4658 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-250
Author(s):  
SCOTT A. GRUBBS ◽  
RICHARD W. BAUMANN
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Concepts ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Highland Region ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

The eastern Nearctic species of the genus Soyedina Ricker, 1952 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) are reviewed. Two morphology-based species groups are proposed based on epiproct characteristics. Soyedina sheldoni sp. nov. is described from the southern Appalachian Highland region of western North Carolina. A distribution map and a dichotomous key to all nine Nearctic species are provided.

Some Climate-Altitude Relationships in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region

1959 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 352-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Dickson
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Potential Evapotranspiration ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Entire Area ◽  
Mountain Valley ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Temperature Ranges

The variation of certain climatic elements with elevation is examined for Tennessee-North Carolina portions of the Southern Appalachian region. Regression equations relating elevation to annual, January, and July mean temperatures and mean daily temperature ranges and to length of growing season are derived. Early growing-season data for 15 mountain-valley systems in western North Carolina are examined and regression lines developed relating length of growing season to elevation for valley and summit locations. These regression lines adjusted for departure of early data from long-term averages appear applicable to recent long-term data and present a useful means of refining the growing season-elevation relationship. Although a satisfactory precipitation-elevation relationship is unattainable due presumably to slope and exposure effects, an estimate is given of the mean annual snowfall-elevation relationship. Graphs are presented showing the variation of potential evapotranspiration with elevation based on computations for selected locations from 1075 ft to 6684 ft; results are believed representative of the entire area under consideration.

Thinning Increases Forage Production in Southern Appalachian Cove Hardwoods

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald E. Beck
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Understory Vegetation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Herbaceous Vegetation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Western North Carolina

Abstract Understory response was studied for six years after thinning cove hardwood stands in the mountains of western North Carolina and northern Georgia. Understory vegetation increased from an average 294 lb/acre before thinning to 512 lb/acre the first year after thinning. Average peak production of 692 lb/acre was reached in the third year, more than twice the prethinning production and began to decline in the fourth year. Both the level and duration of the increase were related to degree of thinning. The increased production included a variety of woody and herbaceous vegetation known to be heavily utilized by both deer and grouse. The thinnings resulted in significant, if temporary, improvement in habitat for these and perhaps other species.

scholarly journals An Expanded Investigation of Atmospheric Rivers in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Their Connection to Landslides

Atmosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas K. Miller ◽  
Chelcy Ford Miniat ◽  
Richard M. Wooten ◽  
Ana P. Barros
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Extreme Rainfall Events ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Southern Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Western North Carolina

Previous examination of rain gauge observations over a five-year period at high elevations within a river basin of the southern Appalachian Mountains showed that half of the extreme (upper 2.5%) rainfall events were associated with an atmospheric river (AR). Of these extreme events having an AR association, over 73% were linked to a societal hazard at downstream locations in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Our analysis in this study was expanded to investigate AR effects in the southern Appalachian Mountains on two river basins, located 60 km apart, and examine their influence on extreme rainfall, periods of elevated precipitation and landslide events over two time periods, the ‘recent’ and ‘distant’ past. Results showed that slightly more than half of the extreme rainfall events were directly attributable to an AR in both river basins. However, there was disagreement on individual ARs influencing extreme rainfall events in each basin, seemingly a reflection of its proximity to the Blue Ridge Escarpment and the localized terrain lining the river basin boundary. Days having at least one landslide occurring in western North Carolina were found to be correlated with long periods of elevated precipitation, which often also corresponded to the influence of ARs and extreme rainfall events.

Life history and production of Goerita semata Ross (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in the southern Appalachian Mountains

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 2604-2611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander D. Huryn ◽  
J. Bruce Wallace
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Gut Contents ◽  
Larval Weight ◽  
Rock Face ◽  
Weight Losses ◽  
Southern Appalachian ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
High Production

In western North Carolina, populations of Goerita semata are restricted to moss- or liverwort-covered rock faces located in small, heavily shaded high-elevation streams. The larval developmental period was completed in about 655 days with two distinct cohorts being present at any time. Growth was slow, averaging only 0.71% ash-free dry mass per day, with the highest growth rate of 1.52% per day measured for fifth instar larvae between March and April. Weight losses occurred in overwintering larvae. In spite of low growth rates, relatively high production (including silk expenditure) was maintained by high larval densities (mean = 288∙m−2). Production in the rock-face habitat was 237.66 mg ash-free dry mass∙m−2∙year−1 or 47.53 mg ash-free dry mass∙m−2∙year−1 when weighted by areal proportion of rock-face substrate for the entire stream. Most growth occurred during the spring when fifth instar larvae accrued > 50% of the definitive larval weight. This period of enhanced growth was correlated with increases in water temperature and in diatom consumption by the larvae. During the spring, diatoms composed about 64% of the foregut contents. In contrast, amorphous detritus constituted about 91, 65, and 86% of the gut contents during the fall, winter, and summer, respectively. Diatom consumption was estimated to be responsible for 58% of the annual production.

scholarly journals Mitigating the Risk of Infectious Diseases Among Rural Drug Users in Western North Carolina: Results of the Southern Appalachia Test, Link, Care (SA‐TLC) Health Care Provider Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Hurt ◽  
Delesha M. Carpenter ◽  
Donna M. Evon ◽  
Caitlin M. Hennessy ◽  
Sarah K. Rhea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Provider ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Southern Appalachia ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Provider Survey

North-South Variation in the Response of the Pine Engraver (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to Lanierone and Ipsdienol in Eastern North America

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Miller ◽  
K. F. Raffa ◽  
M. J. Dalusky ◽  
C. W. Berisford
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Ips Pini ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Release Rates ◽  
Southern Appalachia ◽  
Pine Engraver ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Western North Carolina

Lindgren multiple-funnel traps were used to evaluate the response of the pine engraver, Ips pini (Say), to the pheromones lanierone and ipsdienol, in Wisconsin and in southern Appalachia (western North Carolina and northern Georgia). As in Wisconsin, the attraction of I. pini to ipsdienol-baited traps in southern Appalachia was strongly synergised by lanierone. In Wisconsin, I. pini demonstrated a strong dose-response to both lanierone and ipsdienol, preferring traps releasing lanierone and ipsdienol at the highest rates. Ips pini in northern Georgia exhibited dose response to ipsdienol, preferring traps with lures releasing ipsdienol at the highest rate, but little in the way of a dose response to lanierone across the range of release rates tested. In Georgia, the sympatric species I. avulsus preferred traps with lures releasing ipsdienol and lanierone at the highest rates.

Variations in Alkaloid Concentrations in Wild-harvested Goldenseal from Western North Carolina

Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Clement ◽  
J Torgerson ◽  
P Looney ◽  
S Faulkner ◽  
L DeWald
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Western North Carolina

Western North Carolina report card on forest sustainability

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Fox ◽  
Bill Jackson ◽  
Sarah Jackson ◽  
Gary Kauffmann ◽  
Mary Carol Koester ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Report Card ◽  
Forest Sustainability ◽  
Western North Carolina
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