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Rural communities have long been known for their cultural distinctiveness, independent spirits, and, unfortunately, comparatively high poverty rates. A look at the promotion of Specialty Forest Products (SFP) as a rural development strategy against the backdrop of larger social trends such as welfare reform and economic restructuring suggests the need to ask hard questions about the value of SFP to residents of rural communities. Field work in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and review of the literature highlight three categories of social values for SFP: livelihood, cultural, and recreatio...

Presents production and cost data for a mechanized and cut-to-length (CTL) harvester used in a single-tree and group-selection cut on the Groton State Forest in central Vermont. For trees whose average volume (size) was 7 to 18 ft3, production ranged from 464 to 734 ft3 per productive machine hour (PMH). The cycle time for processing trees into bunches to forward to a landing ranged from about 1 minute to 1.72 minutes per tree. There was little above-ground residual stand damage. The cost of the CTL harvesting system was $146.72 per PMH.

This atlas documents the current and possible future distribution of 80 common tree species in the Eastern United States and gives detailed information on environmental characteristics defining these distributions. Also included are outlines of life history characteristics and summary statistics for these species. Much of the data are derived from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data, analyzed in concert with 33 environmental variables within a geographic information system. Life history information, including regeneration and disturbance characteristics, were generated via the...

Contains 28 papers and abstracts on sugar maple history and ecology; recent sugar maple declines; nutrient and belowground dynamics in northeastern forests; and interactions of forest health with biotic and abiotic stressors.

Establishing long-term plans for your forested property is a positive first step toward good forest stewardship. An appropriate management plan considers your needs and desires and helps you achieve them.Conversations with forest landowners have revealed some interesting stories about their likes and dislikes in the forest. Seeing big, healthy trees, animals, and wildlife habitat are among the likes; seeing and walking past dead trees or fresh cut stumps and branches are among the dislikes.

The 1,737 acres of forest land that comprise the Kane Experimental Forest (KEF), were originally part of the Allegheny National Forest. On March 23, 1932, the land was formally dedicated to research use for the Allegheny Forest Experiment Station (now the Northeastern Research Station). The KEF was established to promote the study of the unglaciated portion of the beech-birch-maplehemlock forest type that made up such a large part of the Station?s territory. Today, the Experimental Forest serves as the field laboratory for the research project ?Understanding and Managing Forest Ecosystems...

The increasing proximity of human development to forest lands and the extent of forest fragmentation caused by this development are major concerns for natural resource managers. Forest fragmentation affects the biodiversity of native flora and fauna, hydrologic processes, and management opportunities. Knowing the extent and location of forest fragmentation and proximity to human development is important in understanding these impacts. In southern New England, the Northeastern Forest Inventory and Analysis unit has initiated data collection on the extent and location of forest fragmentation...

Water samples were collected weekly from June 12 to August 14, 1995, from Big Spring Run (BSR) in West Virginia. BSR originates in Big Spring Cave, where three stream samples were collected. In addition, 18 BSR sites were sampled downstream from the cave, three from its tributaries, and one above and below the stream?s confluence with Elklick Run. Along its length (653 m), the geology is Greenbrier limestone in the headwaters, Pocono sandstone in the midsection and Hampshire sandstone and shale in the downstream section. As a result, water chemistry was strongly influenced by biogeochemical...

This report presents data on pulpwood production and consumption for the 13 Northeastern States for 1997. Tables contain data on pulpwood production and consumption from roundwood by county, and pulpwood chip production from manufacturing residues by state. Trends in pulpwood production are shown graphically.

FRAN is a computer-based, stand-alone program designed to generate important financial and operating ratios from tax and wage forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service. FRAN generates standard profitability, financial/leverage, liquidity/solvency, and activity ratios, as well as unique measures of workforce and capital cost and acquisition. Information produced by the program is of use to bankers contemplating short-term loans, to bankers and investors contemplating extending long-term credit or taking an equity position, and to management in securing loans and evaluating operating...