Proceedings of the Symposium on Ponderosa Pine: Issues, Trends, and Management, 2004 October 18-21, Klamath Falls, OR

Abstract

Ponderosa pine is one of the most widely distributed tree species in western North America. It is highly-valued as a source of lumber, but also is key to the health and social value western forests, whether growing in pure stands or in mixture with other conifer and hardwood species. In recent years, management objectives for forests containing this species have shifted from an emphasis on timber production to an emphasis on restoring ecosystem health and reducing the risk of non-characteristic wildfires. The symposium on "Ponderosa Pine: Issues, Trends, and Management" was convened to provide a venue for researchers and managers to explore the current state-of-our-knowledge, including management practices that help managers to adapt to constantly changing constraints and objectives.

Titles contained within Proceedings of the Symposium on Ponderosa Pine: Issues, Trends, and Management, 2004 October 18-21, Klamath Falls, OR

• Ponderosa pine ecosystems
• An overview of key silvicultural information for ponderosa pine
• Silvicultural systems for managing ponderosa pine
• Multiaged silviculture of ponderosa pine
• The west-wide ponderosa pine levels-of-growing-stock study at age 40
• Accelerating development of late-successional features in second-growth pine stands of the Goosenest Adaptive Management Area
• Postive seedling-shrub relationships in natural regeneration of ponderosa pine
• Managing ponderosa pine forests in central Oregon: who will speak for the soil?
• Management of ponderosa pine nutrition through fertilization
• Ungulate ecology of ponderosa pine ecosystems in the northwest
• A comparison of bird species composition and abundance between late- and mid-seral ponderosa pine forests
• Effects of site on the demographics of standing dead trees in eastside pine forests
• Woodpecker-snag interactions: an overview of current knowledge in ponderosa pine systems
• Fire ecology of ponderosa pine and the rebuilding of fire-resilient ponderosa pine ecosystems
• Diseases as agents of disturbance in ponderosa pine
• Bugs in the system: development of tools to minimize ponderosa pine losses from western pine beetle infestations
• Reintroducing fire into the Blacks Mountain Research Natural Area: effects on fire hazard
• Three studies on ponderosa pine management on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation: stocking control in uneven-aged stands, forest products from fire-damage trees, and fuels reduction
• Lessons learned on 50,000 acres of plantation in northern California

Citation

Ritchie, Martin W.; Maguire, Douglas A.; Youngblood, Andrew, tech. coordinators. 2005. Proceedings of the Symposium on Ponderosa Pine: Issues, Trends, and Management, 2004 October 18-21, Klamath Falls, OR. Gen. Tech. Rep PSW-GTR-198. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 281 p