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The role of strategic planning in the management of fire-prone western Oregon forests for maximizing terrestrial carbon stocks over a 100-year horizon

Creator:: Vanderberg, Michael R.
Abstract:: Current frameworks for analyzing forest carbon offset projects in disturbance-prone western forests often fail to address the dynamic nature of carbon pathways through time. They do not account for the probability of loss due to wildfire, which can influence the prediction of carbon storage at the end of a planning...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________ Kevin D. Boston Current frameworks for analyzing forest carbon offset

Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

Creator:: Gagnon, Aaron R.
Abstract:: In this thesis I examine the question: can allowing a wildfire to burn this year result in a net positive economic gain? To answer this question I created 2,500 multiple sets of paired scenarios (called a fire of interest) which consist of ignitions, vegetation growth, and timber harvest over the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Appendix C: Harvest determination……………………………………………………. 42 Appendix D: Harvest priority table

An economic analysis of final log manufacturing locations in the steep terrain radiata pine plantations of New Zealand

Creator:: Murphy, Glen E.
Abstract:: Over the next quarter century there will be about an eight-fold increase in the volume of wood harvested annually from New Zealand's steep terrain radiata pine plantations. With the move to steeper terrain it is expected that there will be a trend towards considerably smaller landings. With smaller landings final...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Thinning aged Douglas-fir : an analysis of mobilization costs and a log bucking strategy for revenue improvement

Creator:: Pilkerton, Stephen J.
Abstract:: Contract harvest operations have become the preferred approach to reducing the largest cost component of timber production through free market competition amongst logging contractors bidding or negotiating for work. The goal of this research was to investigate economic components of harvesting operations not previously studied for steep slope thinning harvests...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Improvement Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________________ Loren D

Unsaturated Soils and Foundation Design : Theoretical Considerations for an Effective Stress Framework

Creator:: Baker, Josiah D.
Abstract:: This study presents the theoretical background necessary to model the bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations in partially saturated soils. The conventional bearing capacity equations for shallow and deep foundations and the 𝛽-method for deep foundation side resistance have been modified to include the effects of matric suction and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Josiah D. Baker for the degree of Master of Science in Civil

Optimizing the primary forest products supply chain : a multi-objective heuristic approach

Creator:: Hamann, Jeff D.
Abstract:: This thesis is a collection of four submitted manuscripts that present methods to assist forest ecosystem service managers wanting to develop operational sampling, monitoring, and production plans for a set of specific quantifiable ecosystem services, which are formulated as a series of general multi-objective optimization problems. The problems are solved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Shmoys, D. B., editors (1985). The Traveling Salesman Problem. John Wiley, New York. Porteus, E. L

Photogrammetric uses of a new-generation analytical stereoplotter in forestry

Creator:: Kiser, James D. (James Donald)
Abstract:: The development of personal computer software coupled to an analytical stereoplotter allows major gains in efficiency and accuracy in a number of forestry related subjects. This thesis describes the operation of a system developed by Carto Instruments. This thesis demonstrates how area estimates might be made in a systematic way...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Aerial forest operations : mineral amendment project

Creator:: Cornell, Jennie L.
Abstract:: A helicopter operations problem was studied for a private forest landowner testing an experimental application of minerals on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesil) in the Coast Range of Oregon to offset growth reductions from Swiss needle cast disease. A planning approach was needed to minimize costs for transportation and aerial application of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : Mineral Amendment Project John J. Garland IV A helicopter operations problem was studied for a

Forest biomass estimation with hemispherical photography for multiple forest types and various atmospheric conditions

Creator:: Clark, Joshua Andrew
Abstract:: The importance of accurately identifying inventories of domestic energy, including forest biomass, has increasingly become a priority of the US government and its citizens as the cost of fossil fuels has risen. It is useful to identify which of these resources can be processed and transported at the lowest cost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: different from my prior non-forestry background. I would also like to thank Dr. John Sessions, my first

Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy (solar and wind) on Water, Food and Energy Nexus

Creator:: Hassanpour Adeh, Elnaz
Abstract:: Rapid increasing of renewable energies and the knowledge about their environmental effects are very limited. As a result, the renewable energies (e.g. solar or wind energies) will play a vital role in the future because it is well accepted by environmental friendly industries. This dissertation presents the modeling, data analysis...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study. I appreciate the support from graduate council representative Dr. John sessions for assuring

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The role of strategic planning in the management of fire-prone western Oregon forests for maximizing terrestrial carbon stocks over a 100-year horizon

Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

An economic analysis of final log manufacturing locations in the steep terrain radiata pine plantations of New Zealand

Thinning aged Douglas-fir : an analysis of mobilization costs and a log bucking strategy for revenue improvement

Unsaturated Soils and Foundation Design : Theoretical Considerations for an Effective Stress Framework

Optimizing the primary forest products supply chain : a multi-objective heuristic approach

Photogrammetric uses of a new-generation analytical stereoplotter in forestry

Aerial forest operations : mineral amendment project

Forest biomass estimation with hemispherical photography for multiple forest types and various atmospheric conditions

Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy (solar and wind) on Water, Food and Energy Nexus

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