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  • Fuel Treatment Longevity in the Blue Mountains of Oregon

    Creator:
    Morici, Kat
    Abstract:
    Wildland fires are an increasingly extensive, expensive, and frequent occurrence in dry forests of the western United States. Fuel reduction treatments are designed to reduce extreme fire behavior, promote resilient forest structure, and facilitate fire control efforts. Although there is widespread recognition that repeated treatments are needed to maintain desired...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kat Morici for the degree of Master of Science in Sustainable Forest

  • Tree Physiological, Physical, and Chemical Characteristics Related to Spruce Beetle Colonization: Engelmann versus Blue Spruce

    Creator:
    Ott, Daniel S.
    Abstract:
    Blue spruce (Picea pungens) and Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) experience varying levels of spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kirby)) colonization, yet the underlying differences and mechanisms resulting in lower colonization for blue spruce are not known. Both spruce species have important roles in subalpine ecosystems where examining changes in mortality, distribution,...
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    Dissertation
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    school. Finally, thanks to my parents and Kat Morici. This degree has been a long time in the

  • LiDAR as Tool for Assessing Hazard Fuel Reduction Projects

    Creator:
    Olszewski, Julia H.
    Abstract:
    Land management practices in much of the western US that included wildland fire suppression have led to greater fuel loads than has been typical of historical fire regimes. In response to the increased wildland fire risk, “restoration” has emerged as a forest management goal. Restoration involves removal of uncharacteristic amounts...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Talucci, Kayla Johnston, Janet Gorman, Kat Morici, Patrick Tweedy, Kevin Credo, Garret Meigs, Karin

  • Management Strategies for Small, Structurally Diverse & Income-Generating Forests

    Creator:
    Geisel, Julian
    Abstract:
    Parcellization of the rural landscape threatens the provision of social, ecological and economic benefits to society due to loss of economies of scale. A continued provision requires new approaches to forest management for multiple, interconnected goals. I used interviews, archival records and field measurements to learn how select, experienced owners...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , Sarah Greenleaf, Randi Shaw, Raul Dancé Luciana Leite, Ben Phalan, and Kat Morici. Thank you for

  • Bridging Ways of Knowing to Model the Dynamics of Fire as an Ecocultural Process on Frequent Fire Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Greenler, Skye M.
    Abstract:
    Wildfire impacts have intensified in many ecosystems across the western United States due to the combined impact of fire exclusion, climate change, and land management practices. However, on many of these landscapes, fire is a fundamental ecological process that has shaped vegetation structural and compositional diversity, ecosystem function, landscape pattern,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation