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An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

Creator:

Bolding, Michael Chad, 1977-

Abstract:

Recent catastrophic wildfires have forced the forest management community to develop new strategies for reducing forest fuels. Tightly spaced understory trees often create a fire ladder allowing surface fires to encroach into the crowns of overstory trees. This situation can lead to intensive, catastrophic, stand-replacement forest fires. Mechanical removal or...

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Dissertation

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MECHANICAL FOREST FUEL REDUCTION OPERATION IN SOUTHWEST OREGON...... 30 2.1 Abstract
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,...

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Masters Thesis

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this issue in Oregon, rather than potential energy or rural economic development benefits. Many
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...

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Masters Thesis

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from Fuel Reduction Treatments: A Biomass Assessment of Federally Owned Land in Eastern Oregon