This study analyzes past forest fire behavior on a selected area
in the Oregon Cascades in an attempt to evaluate level of fire hazard
on selected vegetational areas. Vegetational areas were defined in
five broad classes: Merchantable Douglas-fir Stands, Non-merchantable
Douglas-fir Stands, Oak- Madrone Stands, Non- forest
Lands, and Non-stocked...
Published November 1977. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The objective of this study was to measure the consequences of alternative
forest management intensification programs. These consequences
include future harvest levels, silvicultural labor and capital
requirements, and the income and employment generated directly and indirectly.
The system utilizes the Timber Resource Economic Estimation
System (TREES) model, a harvest scheduling...
Several generations of Oregonians carry memories of a series of forest fires so sweeping that they spurred an entire state into action. These fires created what was for a long time called the "Tillamook Burn" -- a wide swath of devastation cut through old growth forests in the Coast Range....
Despite the belief that fuels management, a form of prescribed fire that reduces accumulated fuels in commercially thinned forests, is necessary to restore forest 'health' in the Pacific Northwest, its effects on wildlife has received little attention in the scientific literature. Because fuels management is supported, funded, and implemented nationwide...
Growing societal demand for forest products is pressuring managers to increase productivity from a finite land area, and it is expected that increased supply will come mostly from expansion of intensively managed stands. The USDA Forest Service and numerous collaborators created the Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) network of research sites...