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Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

Creator:

Shanks, Alyssa V.

Abstract:

This study considers trade-offs between timber harvest and carbon sequestration on National Forest and other public lands by contemporaneously linking a model of public harvest and inventory to a carbon accounting system. The public harvest model treats three harvest scenarios. The first minimizes the cost of meeting harvest requests that...

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Masters Thesis

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timber harvest, forest management methods, and afforestation of non-forested land. The aim of much
Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Creator:

Detwiler, Stacey M.

Abstract:

This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...

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Masters Thesis

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Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads Abstract approved