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Displaying 3,521 - 3,530 of 65,140 Publications- We investigated employment diversity patterns, including interactions between social networks and employee demographics such as race-ethnicity and gender. In 2012–2014, we randomly interviewed 183 of the total of about 300 employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW), asking them how they learned of their first PNW job. Several results displayed patterns with race-ethnicity and gender, including the following: (1) males were more likely than females to have learned of their PNW job through nonsocial means (e.g., websites); (2)...AuthorsArlyn Y. Moreno Luna, Deanna H. Olson, Ken Vance-BorlandKeywordsSourceGen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-1014. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 18 p.Year2023
- Diverse workforce representation helps organizations achieve their goals and is important for government agencies that seek to gain public trust. Prior research has examined patterns of representation in the USDA Forest Service and found an overall lack of representation despite advances at leadership levels. Federal agencies are required to report total workforce demographics; however, representation relative to local communities is rarely known. Using data from the US Census Bureau, we examined demographic profiles of populations within a 1-hour drive time around Forest Service workplaces...AuthorsDexter H. Locke, Sonya Sachdeva, Lynne M. Westphal, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael Dockry, Cherie LeBlanc FisherKeywordsSourceForest ScienceYear2023
- Outdoor programs operating on U.S. public lands introduce a range of activities, settings, and therapies for veterans experiencing posttraumatic stress, injuries, or disabilities. The extent to which these programs serve diverse veteran populations is not well understood in terms of race, ethnicity, age, gender, ability, or socioeconomic status. Since governmental agencies are increasingly required to foster diversity, equity, and inclusivity, this presents a knowledge gap with policy implications. We paired a thematic analysis of interviews with outdoor professionals with a content...AuthorsLee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien, David G. Havlick, Kerrick RobinsonKeywordsSourceJournal of Leisure Research. 2(1): 1-23.Year2023
- US federal land management agencies serve the American people and work to ensure that all Americans connect with and value wilderness. As a result, wilderness managers may prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), though may lack wilderness-specific tools and resources to foster commitments to DEI. As agencies and organizations turn to virtual resources to share information - what we refer to as toolboxes - questions remain about their utility and potential to impact DEI outcomes in wilderness. This article describes the process and results of five virtual focus group discussions...AuthorsLauren Redmore, Kim Fox-Middleton, Keren-Happuch Crum, Margaret Gregory, Cassidy Motahari, Mary Powers, Ruby Sainz Armendariz, Amanda Grace Santos, Lea Schram von HauptKeywordsSourceInternational Journal of Wilderness. 29(2): 82-102.Year2023
- Increasing fire severity and warmer, drier postfire conditions are making forests in the western United States (West) vulnerable to ecological transformation. Yet, the relative importance of and interactions between these drivers of forest change remain unresolved, particularly over upcoming decades. Here, we assess how the interactive impacts of changing climate and wildfire activity influenced conifer regeneration after 334 wildfires, using a dataset of postfire conifer regeneration from 10,230 field plots. Our findings highlight declining regeneration capacity across the West over the...AuthorsKimberley T. Davis, Marcos D. Robles, Kerry B. Kemp, Philip E. Higuera, Teresa Chapman, Kerry L. Metlen, Jamie L. Peeler, Kyle C. Rodman, Travis Woolley, Robert N. Addington, Brian J. Buma, Alina Cansler, Michael J. Case, Brandon M. Collins, Jonathan D. Coop, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Nathan S. Gill, Collin Haffey, Lucas B. Harris, Brian J. Harvey, Ryan D. Haugo, Matthew D. Hurteau, Dominik Kulakowski, Caitlin E. Littlefield, Lisa A. McCauley, Nicholas Povak, Kristen L. Shive, Edward Smith, Jens Stevens, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Alan H. Taylor, Alan J. Tepley, Derek J. N. Young, Robert A. Andrus, Michael A. Battaglia, Julia K. Berkey, Sebastian Busby, Amanda R. Carlson, Marin E. Chambers, Erich Dodson, Daniel C. Donato, William M. Downing, Paula J. Fornwalt, Joshua S. Halofsky, Ashley Hoffman, Andrés Holz, Jose Iniguez, Meg A. Krawchuk, Mark R. Kreider, Andrew J. Larson, Garrett W. Meigs, John Paul Roccaforte, Monica T. Rother, Hugh Safford, Michael Schaedel, Jason S. Sibold, Megan P. Singleton, Monica G. Turner, Alexandra K. Urza, Kyra D. Clark-Wolf, Larissa Yocom, Joseph B. Fontaine, John L. CampbellKeywordsSourcePNAS. 120(11): e2208120120.Year2023
- We developed spatial Bayesian hierarchical models to assess potential climate change impacts on suitable habitat for five important tree species in the Pacific northwestern United States (California, Oregon, and Washington). Individual-species models were fit with presence-absence data from forest inventory field plots and spatial relationships were specified through a conditional autoregressive model. This modeling approach allowed us to visualize uncertainty in response curves, map current and future prediction uncertainty, and provide interval estimates for change. Upward elevational or...AuthorsKarin Kralicek, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Tara M. Barrett, Hailemariam TemesgenKeywordsSourceEcosphere. 14(3): e4449.Year2023
- Sequestration and storage of organic carbon (C) in soil is an essential component of climate change mitigation and fundamental in promoting the health and climate resilience of soils. Sources of available soil C data are increasing, which complicates efforts to consolidate the data in forms that can be readily used by stakeholders. Spatial and temporal gaps in data availability also limit the quantification of changes in soil C through space and time. Improved coordination among producers and users of soil C data would provide data compatibility at the spatial and temporal resolution...AuthorsGregory Lawrence, Ivan Fernandez, Scott Bailey, Colin Beier, Alexandra Contosta, Erin D. Lane, Peter Murdoch, Lucas Nave, Angelica Quintana, Donald Ross, Alissa WhiteSourceSoil Science Society of America JournalYear2023
- Introduction: Larvae of the invasive emerald ash borer [EAB, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)], kill over 99% of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall) trees they infest, yet a small percentage of green ash ("lingering ash") survive years of heavy EAB attack. In the face of an ongoing invasion that threatens multiple North American Fraxinus species with extinction, any evidence for reproducible defensive responses in the native species merits investigation. Methods: We evaluated the capacity of three families of green ash F1 progeny to kill EAB larvae when...AuthorsRobert K. Stanley, David W. Carey, Mary E. Mason, Aletta Doran, Julia Wolf, Kingsley Owusu Otoo, Therese M. Poland, Jennifer Koch, A. Daniel Jones, Jeanne Romero-SeversonKeywordsSourceFrontiers in Forests and Global ChangeYear2023
- Timber Product Output (TPO) is a component of FIA’s National Resource Use Monitoring (NRUM) program aimed at gathering and reporting information on industrial and non-industrial uses of roundwood. Data are gathered through annual surveys of primary wood processing facilities and aggregated and reported at the county and/or state level. Data and more information about NRUM and TPO can be found at the National Resource Use Monitoring page: https://research.fs.usda.gov/programs/nrum .AuthorsUSDA Forest ServiceKeywordsSourceUSDA Forest ServiceYear2023
- This brief paper provides guidance for using the most recent USFS science TCC data in local community-scale applications. It illustrates a comparison between the percent tree canopy cover for six cities of the United States generated from estimations of TCC based on the USFS science maps versus estimations of TCC based on photointerpretation of high-resolution Google Earth imagery from the same vintage. Please note and consider the results of this and previous analyses (some referenced below) as you evaluate the use of USFS TCC in forest management plans or other assessments.AuthorsEric J. Greenfield, Karen G. SchleeweisKeywordsSourceOnline at https://www.itreetools.org/documents/955/USFSTCCvsPIWhitePaperNovember2023.pdfYear2023