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Creator:: Schmidt, Micah
Abstract:: Small, private forestland owners own about 12% of Oregon’s forestland and have the unique ability to implement innovative forest management activities. In southwest Oregon, extreme ecological variability occurs over small spatial scales and requires fine-scale silvicultural treatments that match the precise ecological setting and management objectives of the forests in...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: (Puettmann et al., 2009). However, the increasing value placed on ecological and social aspects of forestry

Creator:: Rhea, Neally
Abstract:: Since the early 1900s, widespread agricultural abandonment has occurred in western New York leading to a general increase in forested areas through old-field succession. Even-aged stands typically follow these large-scale disturbances, resulting in a pattern of development with identifiable stages (Oliver 1980). At each stage, changes in vegetation dynamics encourage...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Creator:: Campbell, Lewis
Abstract:: An increase in frequency and severity of hot, dry summers has been associated with a dramatic shift in the coniferous forests of western Oregon’s valleys, especially on the privately-owned properties along the low-elevation edges of these valleys. Various conifer species, including Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), are declining in these forests, leaving...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Klaus J. Puettmann An increase in frequency and severity of hot, dry summers has been

Creator:: Randazzo, Andrew
Abstract:: Mohonk Preserve intends to manage their forestland more actively with the mission of promoting forest health, climate-adaptation, and overall ecosystem health for the benefit of their community and recreational users. Climate-adaptive management recommendations (recommendations that address climate change vulnerabilities —by promoting either resistance, resilience, or transition— while helping to meet...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Dr. Klaus Puettmann, Oregon State University, Committee Member Mohonk Preserve Staff Chuck

Creator:: Moreno Luna, Arlyn Yire
Abstract:: Due to past hiring practices U.S. federal agencies have workforces that do not match the diversity of the populations they serve. In 2011, the Partnership for Public Service found that the United States Forest Service (USFS) ranked number 149 out of 206 agencies in the category of ‘Support for Diversity,’...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Ganio and Klaus Puettmann (OSU Department Forest Ecosystems and Society), and Guillermo Guanico (OSU

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