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Temporal and spatial variability of historic fire frequency in the southern Willamette Valley foothills of Oregon

Creator:: Robbins, Danielle
Abstract:: A crossdated fire history was reconstructed for a 1562 km2 area in the southern Willamette foothills of Oregon, using fire scars and tree origin years from twelve sites. The purpose of this study was to determine fire frequency for each site and to quantify temporal and spatial variability of fire...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Spatial Variability of Historic Fire Frequency in the Southern Willamette Valley Foothills of Oregon

Managing for landscape resilience in the frequent-fire forests of central Oregon

Creator:: Platt, Emily K.
Abstract:: Wildfire in dry, frequent-fire forests is a pressing issue for natural resource managers, communities and politicians in the western United States. Area affected by wildfire has climbed steadily over the last twenty years and is expected to increase in the future. Recognition of the importance of both social and biophysical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for Landscape Resilience in the Frequent-Fire Forests of Central Oregon Abstract Approved

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

Creator:: Konoshima, Masashi
Abstract:: This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework integrates a fire behavior model and a spatially-explicit stochastic dynamic optimization model. I investigate the effects of spatial interaction across plots during forest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Fire by Masashi Konoshima A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Conflict and cooperation at the public-private interface : a case study of fire management in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Bergmann, Stefan Andrew
Abstract:: Cooperation across ownership boundaries is critical to most conservation efforts in mixed ownership landscapes. Where owner objectives vary widely, as at public-private landownership boundaries, cooperation can be especially challenging. This research explores the opportunities and challenges for cooperative fire management among public and private forest managers in the John Day...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Cooperation at the Public-Private Interface: A Case Study of Fire Management in Eastern Oregon. ,;·· I __

Analyzing fire mosaics in temperate coniferous forests with GIS and remote sensing

Creator:: Kushla, John D.
Abstract:: This investigation on fire mosaics addressed several aspects: (1) quantifying the role of terrain variables in fire-related mortality and historical mean fire return interval (MFRI), (2) comparing post-burn Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery, TM difference imagery, and aerial photo interpretation to map forest survival after wildfire, and (3) to describe...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Wildfire risk management : strategic interaction and spatial interdependence

Creator:: Busby, Gwenlyn M.
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I examine how the spatial configuration of forest ownership influences the risk-mitigating behavior of public and private forestland owners over time. I determine whether or not the predicted equilibrium outcomes are socially optimal and, if not, whether the introduction of regulation, liability, or private insurance would lead...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Yoder et al., 2003). In a similar move, Oregon passed the Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire

Mixed-Severity Fire Effects on Biological Legacies and Vegetation Response in Pseudotsuga Forests of Western Oregon's Central Cascades, USA

Creator:: Dunn, Christopher J.
Abstract:: Mixed-severity fire occurrence is increasingly recognized in Pseudotsuga forests of the Pacific Northwest, but questions remain about how tree mortality varies, and forest structure is altered, across the disturbance gradient observed in these fires. Therefore, we sampled live and dead biological legacies at 45 one ha plots, with four 0.10...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Oregon and Montana, historically had a low-severity fire regime over large areas. Longleaf pine forests

Converting forest biomass to energy in Oregon : stakeholder perspectives on a growing movement

Creator:: Stidham, Melanie
Abstract:: Within Oregon there is considerable interest in the possibility of converting woody biomass to energy. This interest stems from three converging factors: the desire to reduce the threat of uncharacteristic wildfire by removing excess material from the forests, the possibility to stimulate rural economies that are dependent on forest products,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon forests, resulting from decades of fire exclusion. Recent estimates project that roughly 30% of

Overstory composition and stand structure shifts within inter-mixed ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine stands of the south-central Oregon pumice zone

Creator:: Shuffield, Chaylon D.
Abstract:: Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. murrayana) forests of south-central Oregon have been extensively researched over the last century. However, little information has been reported on overstory composition and stand structure shifts associated with fire exclusion within inter-mixed ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine stands of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Pine Lodgepole pine in south-central Oregon is fairly intolerant to shade and fire sensitive

Sustainable biomass supply from fuel reduction treatments : a biomass assessment of federally owned land in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Vogler, Kevin C.
Abstract:: Wildfire exclusion over the past century or more has resulted in extensive fuel accumulations throughout much of the West that combined with recent climatic patterns have increased the frequency of relatively uncommon, large, high-severity wildfires. Forest restoration treatments intended to alter landscape-level fire disturbance patterns can be difficult to implement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: fire hazard in the Blue Mountain subregion and a 6.5% decrease in the southern Oregon subregion

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Temporal and spatial variability of historic fire frequency in the southern Willamette Valley foothills of Oregon

Managing for landscape resilience in the frequent-fire forests of central Oregon

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

Conflict and cooperation at the public-private interface : a case study of fire management in eastern Oregon

Analyzing fire mosaics in temperate coniferous forests with GIS and remote sensing

Wildfire risk management : strategic interaction and spatial interdependence

Mixed-Severity Fire Effects on Biological Legacies and Vegetation Response in Pseudotsuga Forests of Western Oregon's Central Cascades, USA

Converting forest biomass to energy in Oregon : stakeholder perspectives on a growing movement

Overstory composition and stand structure shifts within inter-mixed ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine stands of the south-central Oregon pumice zone

Sustainable biomass supply from fuel reduction treatments : a biomass assessment of federally owned land in eastern Oregon

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