Environmental issues in Pacific Northwest forest management / / Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/09795 |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Northwest, Pacific
Forest management - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific |
ISBN |
0-309-17615-8
1-280-19308-5 9786610193080 0-309-56885-4 0-585-33575-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778662403321 |
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Environmental issues in Pacific Northwest forest management / / Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/09795 |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Northwest, Pacific
Forest management - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific |
ISBN |
0-309-17615-8
1-280-19308-5 9786610193080 0-309-56885-4 0-585-33575-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOREST MANAGEMENT -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- THE REGION -- THE DYNAMICS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES -- THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS -- OLD-GROWTH FORESTS -- FOREST PRODUCTS SUBSTITUTION -- FOREST MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES -- FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 THE PROMISED LAND: THE LAND OF PROMISE -- INTRODUCTION -- Loss of the Frontier -- Changing Knowledge Base -- Changing Social Values -- THE STUDY AREA -- OTHER MAJOR STUDIES AND REPORTS -- THIS REPORT -- 2 THE REGION AND ITS FORESTS -- INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY -- DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE ECONOMY -- Population Growth -- Economic Implications of Population Growth -- THE REGION'S FORESTS -- Westside Forests -- Eastside Forests -- Northern Rocky Mountains -- REGIONAL OWNERSHIP PATTERNS -- SUMMARY -- 3 OLD-GROWTH FORESTS -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS VEGETATIVE SUCCESSION? -- WHAT IS AN OLD-GROWTH FOREST? -- Time Required for Old-Growth Development -- Old-Growth Landscapes -- Managed Forests and Old-Growth Characteristics -- Stand Size -- BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF OLD-GROWTH AND LATE-SUCCESSIONAL FORESTS -- Species Diversity -- Logs and Woody Debris -- Susceptibility to Disturbance -- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- EXTENT AND STATUS OF OLD-GROWTH FORESTS -- SUMMARY -- 4 THE STATUS AND FUNCTIONING OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FOREST CONDITION -- General Criteria of Condition -- The Role of Biological Diversity -- Resistance and Resilience -- Landscape Change and Threats to Biodiversity -- Diseases and Pests -- Incidence of Pest and Disease Outbreaks -- STATUS OF OTHER PLANT SPECIES -- STATUS OF WILDLIFE -- Salmon and Other Fisheries -- Invertebrates -- Fungi -- VIABLE POPULATIONS AND THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY -- Demographic Factors.
Genetic Factors -- Population Viability Analysis -- 5 FOREST SUCCESSION, FIRE, AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTS OF SUCCESSION AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS -- FIRE AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS -- Presettlement Fire Regimes and Successional Change -- Human Alteration of Fire Regimes -- NATURAL DISTURBANCE AND HUMAN MANAGEMENT: AN ECOLOGICAL COMPARISON -- Landscape Considerations -- Fuels -- Nutrient Fluxes -- Biological Diversity -- 6 PRODUCTS FROM THE FORESTS -- PACIFIC NORTHWEST WOOD PRODUCTS IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY -- PRODUCTS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS -- EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL TIMBER HARVESTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- Increased Harvests at the Extensive Margin -- Increased Harvests at the Intensive Margin -- Increased Use of Hardwoods -- Technology Changes -- Materials Substitution -- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER REGIONS -- EFFECTS ON REGIONAL AND NATIONAL INCOME -- CHANGE AND INCENTIVES -- NONWOOD PRODUCTS FROM FORESTS -- Wildlife-Related Recreation -- Other Forest-Related Recreation -- Fisheries -- Mushrooms -- Water -- Effects of Changes in Management of Pacific Northwest Forests on Nonwood Products -- REGIONAL ECONOMIC EFFECTS -- SUMMARY -- 7 FOREST MANAGEMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- RURAL ECONOMIC WELL BEING AND NATURAL-RESOURCE INDUSTRIES -- TIMBER DEPENDENCY AND COMMUNITY WELL BEING -- DIVERSIFICATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- IN-MIGRATION -- POVERTY AND PLENTY-ANGER AND HOPE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- SUMMARY -- 8 A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- ELEMENTS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT -- Land Allocation -- Rationing Uses -- Harvesting -- Investment -- Examples of forest investment -- Positive and negative incentives to forest investment -- MEETING THE GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT. A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT -- Operational Goals -- Managing in Context and Across Scales of Space and Time -- APPROACHES TO MANAGING FOR DIVERSITY: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Reserves -- Logging to Improve Forest Health -- Management for Complexity and Diversity -- Variability and Change -- Uncertainty and Surprise -- Humans as Ecosystem Components -- Making Management Adaptable -- Resolving Conflicts -- 9 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- FORESTRY PRACTICES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- WHAT IS OLD-GROWTH? -- OLD-GROWTH MANAGEMENT -- FOREST PRODUCTS SUBSTITUTION -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817176003321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000 | ||
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Final supplemental environmental impact statement on management of habitat for late-successional and old-growth forest related species within the range of the northern spotted owl / / lead agencies: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management ; cooperating agencies: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; responsible officials: Mike Espy, Bruce Babbitt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service : , : United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, , 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EspyMike
BabbittBruce |
Soggetto topico |
Forest policy - Northwest, Pacific
Old growth forests - Northwest, Pacific Forest protection - Northwest, Pacific Forest management - Northwest, Pacific Habitat conservation - Northwest, Pacific Spotted owl - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific |
Soggetto genere / forma | Environmental impact statements. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | V. 1. [Report] -- v. 2. Appendices -- v. 3. Appendix F2. Comments on the draft SEIS from non-federal agencies, tribes, and elected representatives. |
Altri titoli varianti |
Management of habitat for late-successional and old-growth forest related species within the range of the northern spotted owl
Final environmental impact statement on management for the northern spotted owl in the national forests |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703459203321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service : , : United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, , 1994 | ||
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Monitoring guidelines to evaluate effects of forestry activities on streams in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska / / Lee H. MacDonald with Alan W. Smart and Robert C. Wissmar |
Autore | MacDonald Lee H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, Washington : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, , 1991 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 166 pages : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific
Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects - Alaska Forest hydrology - Northwest, Pacific Forest hydrology - Alaska Water quality management - Northwest, Pacific Water quality management - Alaska |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704214303321 |
MacDonald Lee H.
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Seattle, Washington : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, , 1991 | ||
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