The Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute: partnerships that demonstrate the role of silviculture in forest management

James McIver; Andrew Youngblood

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The Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute: partnerships that demonstrate the role of silviculture in forest management

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James McIver, Andrew Youngblood

Year:

1997

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop. 1997 May 19-22; Warren, PA.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-238. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 181-185.

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Abstract

The research program of the Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute (BMNRI) aims to understand the ecological effects of current management practices. In forest systems, this amounts to silvicultural research. We describe how the BMNRl fosters partnerships to carry out and showcase silvicultural research leading to information that allows assessment of economic/environmental tradeoffs. We also describe how partnerships are fostered not only to undertake research, but to encourage adaptive management. The BMNRl plays a unique role as a facilitator of relationships among managers, scientists, and the public, and has a structure ideal for demonstrating the role of silviculture in forest management.

Parent Publication

Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop

Citation

McIver, James; Youngblood, Andrew. 1997. The Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute: partnerships that demonstrate the role of silviculture in forest management. In: Communicating the role of silviculture in managing the national forests: Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop. 1997 May 19-22; Warren, PA.: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-238. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 181-185.