National Forest Plans have been developed and implemented on the 19 National Forests and one National Grassland in the Pacific Northwest Region, Region 6, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. These Plans were developed under the provisions of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 and the National...
One traditional problem in forest management is to
find the optimal stand level management regime. Four
important silvicultural practices including precommercial
thinning, commercial thinning, fertilization and regeneration
harvest are considered jointly in this study. The
partial analyses, i.e. considering some of the silvicultural
practices, are also discussed.
The inability to...
Discusses the benefits of having a management plan for your property. Describes how to prepare a management plan, including describing the property, setting goals, identifying resources, making recommendations, and keeping records. Includes additional sources for information.
In the field of forest planning, assumptions regarding the appropriate modeling of management behavior, translated through management prescriptions, minimum harvest ages, green-up periods, and other variables are needed if a stand-level optimization process is not used to guide the selection of stand management regimes Forest planners thus generally have a...
The data included here were compiled for use in the 1980 Renewable Resources Planning Act Timber Assessment conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. They were used to develop structural equations and relationships comprising the 1980 Timber Assessment Market Model. These data series-covering U.S. demand, U.S. supply, and Canada-span 27 years...
This report focuses on the stocks of Silver (Coho) and Chinook salmon in Tillamook and Coos Bays, as well as Nehalem, Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw, and Coquille Rivers. It gives a brief history of Oregon fisheries in general, then delineates and analyzes the yearly landings of each fishery for Silver...