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Relationships of green-tree retention following timber harvest to forest growth and species composition in the western Cascade Mountains

Creator:

Rose, Coulter R.

Abstract:

National Forest management in the Pacific Northwest is shifting from a focus on commodity production to ecosystem management, in which the health of the entire forest ecosystem is considered, rather than that of a few key species. Ecosystem management includes retention of some live trees following timber harvest (green-tree retention)...

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Masters Thesis

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inventory plot design. Source: USDA Forest Service, Timber Inventory Plot Procedures Guide, Region 6 (1980
Subalpine revegetation on backcountry campsites near Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California : third year results

Creator:

Moritsch, Barbara J.

Abstract:

The National Park Service initiated a backcountry campsite restoration project in 1987 to restore native vegetation on severely degraded campsites in three subalpine lake basins in Yosemite National Park. Restoration treatments included soil scarification, transplanting, manual seeding and site protection. Eight of the treated campsites were monitored in 1990 to...

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Masters Thesis

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resulted in environmental degradation. Many national parks and wilderness areas in the United States have