2006 - 2007 Biennial Report
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Preface
Faculty and Staff
Program Areas
Outreach Accomplishments
- Introduction
- Selected Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars
Other Programs and
Cooperatives
Instruction and Student Enhancement
Programs
Sources of Support
Appendix: Publications by Program
Areas
- Biology, Ecology, Silviculture, and
Conservation
- Economics, Policy, Management, and
Society
- Hydrology, Watershed Management,
and Water Quality
- Resource Assessment, Monitoring,
and Geospatial Analysis
- Recreation Resources Management and
Tourism
Selected Extension and Other Publications
Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff
Adair, Carol,
Research Fellow
Anderson,
Dorothy H., Professor. Recreation resources management:
Wildland management and policy analysis
Bahauddin,
Dan, Junior Scientist. Forest ecology
Barrott,
Susan H., Junior Scientist. Forest ecology
Bauer, Marvin
E., Professor and Director of Remote Sensing Laboratory.
Remote Sensing: Spectral properties of crops, forests and
soils
Baughman,
Melvin J., Professor and Extension Forester. Policy, economics,
management, taxation
Becker,
Dennis R., Assistant Professor. Natural resources policy
Blinn, Charles
R., Professor and Extension Specialist. Management, economics,
marketing, and harvesting
Bolstad,
Paul V., Professor. GIS in natural resource analysis,
forest ecology, and spatial data analysis
Boyden, Suzanne, Research Fellow.
Brooks,
Kenneth N., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies.
Hydrology: Modeling impacts of forest land use on water resources,
hydrology of peatlands
Burk, Thomas
E., Professor. Biometrics: Forest growth modeling and
experimental design
Buschena,
Cynthia A., Assistant Scientist. Forest Biology: Silviculture,
tree physiology
Carlson,
Stephen P., Associate Professor and Extension Educator.
Youth development, park and recreation resources
Cook, Bruce
D., Research Fellow. CO2/H2O exchange between forests/wetlands
and the atmosphere
Current,
Dean A., Research Associate. CINRAM/The Center for International
Natural Resources and Agricultural Management
D’Amato,
Anthony W., Assistant Professor. Silviculture, vegetation
management
David,
Andrew J., Associate Professor, Forest genetics (NCROC)
Domke,
Grant, Research Fellow. Silviculture and forest management
Edgar, Christopher B., Research Associate. Measurements and
biometrics
Ek,
Alan R., Professor and Department Head. Biometrics:
Sampling, resource inventory, modeling forest stand development
Enzler,
Sherry, Research Fellow. Natural resources and environmental
law
Finley, Andrew, Research Fellow. Multi-source Forest Inventory,
based on (k nearest neighbor) method
Finley,
Sarah, Editor, Science communication specialist
Flitsch, Katherine, Junior Scientist. Recreation resource
management
Frelich,
Lee E., Research Associate. Forest Ecology: Natural disturbance,
competition and stand developmen
Gustafson,
Kent E., Extension Educator and Professor, Tourism
Haiby, Kathy L., Senior Research Plot Technician. Tree improvement
(NCROC)
Hanson,
Dave, Research Specialist. Urban and community forests
Hibbard, Calder M., Research Fellow. Forest Resource Tax Policy
and intergovernmental linkages
Hoganson,
Howard M., Associate Professor. Management and economics:
Timber supply analysis, harvest scheduling, operations research
(NCROC)
Humenberger,
Egon, Assistant Scientist. Tree improvement (NCROC)
Jenks, Andrew,
Research Specialist. GIS
Johnson,
Gary R., Professor and Extension Educator. Urban and community
forestry
Jurgens,
Joel A., Junior Scientist. Forest Pathology: Histochemical
evaluation of white pine blister rust resistance
Kilgore,
Michael A., Associate Professor. Natural Resources Economics:
Economic and policy analysis, forest land valuation and taxation
Knight,
Joseph F., Assistant Professor. Remote sensing, geospatial
analysis
Loeffelholz,
Brian C., Research Specialist
Messer,
Cynthia C., Associate Professor and Extension Educator,
Tourism
Montgomery,
Rebecca A., Assistant Professor. Forest ecology, ecophysiology,
tropical ecology
Nelson,
Kristen C., Associate Professor. Human dimensions of natural
resources and environmental management
O’Brien,
Tim, Research Plot Technician Coordinator (NCROC)
Oleksyn,
Jacek, Research Associate. Ecophysiology and population
genetics
Olmanson, Leif, Assistant Scientist
Orning,
George, Research Fellow
Peck, Jerilyn
E., Research Fellow. Administrative assistant–curriculum
revision process
Pike, Carrie,
Research Fellow. Forest Tree Improvement Specialist. Genetics
and tree improvement (CFC)
Reich,
Peter B., Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight University
Professor, and F.B. Hubachek, Sr. Chair in Forest Ecology
and Tree Physiology. Forest ecology, ecophysiology
Rich, Roy,
Research Associate. Forest ecology.
Schneider,
Ingrid E., Professor and Director, Tourism Center. Recreation
resource management: Resource-based tourism
Stafford,
Susan G., Professor. Applied statistics and information
management
Thompson, Jerrilyn LaVarre, Research Specialist. Recreation
resource management, National Park Service issues
Trost, Jared
J., Junior Scientist. Forest ecology: Data collection
and management
Vogt, Carl
E., Instructor and Extension Specialist. Conservation
education, hardwood management, maple syrup, Christmas trees
Warren, James C., Research Fellow. Forest genetics and silviculture
(CFC)
Wu, Jindong, Research Associate. Remote sensing, biosphere-atmosphere
interactions, ecosystem ecology
Wythers,
Kirk R., Research Fellow. Spatial ecology, ecological
simulation modeling
Emeriti
Alm, Alvin A., Professor Emeritus. Silviculture
Ellefson, Paul V., Professor. Economics and Policy: Administrative
and political processes; policy, structure of wood industry
Gregersen, Hans M., Professor Emeritus. Economics and international
forestry
Hallgren, Alvin R., Professor Emeritus. Forest management
and harvesting
Irving, Frank D., Professor Emeritus. Public administration,
forest fire management
Kurmis, Vilis, Professor Emeritus. Ecology
Lime, David W., Research Associate Emeritus. Recreation: Analysis
of recreation and tourism
Lundgren, Allen L., Research Associate Emeritus. Economics:
Evaluation of research
Merriam, Lawrence C., Jr., Professor Emeritus. Recreation
resources
Mohn, Carl A., Professor Emeritus. Genetics and forest tree
improvement
Rose, Dietmar W., Professor Emeritus. Economics: Quantitative
techniques, timber supply analysis
Scholten, Harold S., Professor Emeritus. Silviculture
Skok, Richard A., Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of
Natural Resources. Economics and policy
Sucoff, Edward I., Professor Emeritus. Physiology: Stress
physiology, nutrient/water interactions, forest decline
Webster, Henry H., Research Associate Emeritus. Regional resource
analysis and policy
Support Staff
Schnadt,
Janelle M., Administrative Professional
Erickson,
Trent, Info Tech Specialist
Kaden, Jody,
Executive Office and Administrative Specialist, Tourism Center
Lott, Emily, Principal Account Specialist
O'Connor,
Colleen E., Executive Office and Administrative Specialist
Schreiber,
Clara M., Executive Office and Administrative Specialist
Adjunct Faculty from Cooperating Campus Departments
Albrecht, Jean, Head of Forestry Library and Associate Professor,
Forestry Library, B50 Natural Resources Administration Building,
624-2779. Library and information science.
Ascerno, Mark E., Jr., Professor, Entomology, 236 Hodson
Hall, 624-9272. Forest entomology: Forest and urban plant
pest control.
Blanchette, Robert A., Professor, Plant Pathology, 304 Stakman
Hall, 612-625-0202. Forest pathology: Forest and shade tree
diseases.
Cushing, Edward J., Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior.
100 Ecology Bldg. 612-635-5713. Plant ecology.
Erkkila, Dan L., Associate Professor. NCROC 1861 Hwy 169
East, Grand Rapids, MN 55744. 218-327-4361. Resource analysis.
Johnson, Gerald W., Associate Professor, Civil and Mineral
Engineering, 146 CMR Bldg. 612-625-6347. Surveying, mapping,
and photogrammetry.
Levy, Louise S. (Yount), Project Leader, 175 University Rd.
Cloquet, MN 55720, 218-726-6404. Sustainable forestry education.
Lundgren, Allen L., Research Associate Emeritus, 115 Green
Hall. Economics: Evaluation of research and management alternatives,
international forestry.
McAvoy, Leo H., Jr., Professor, School of Kinesiology. 224
Cooke Hall, 612-625-5887. Management of outdoor recreation.
Nieber, John L., Professor, Agricultural Engineering Technology.
203 Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, 612-625-6724.
Forest hydrology.
Pitt, David G., Professor, Landscape Architecture. 145j Rapson
Hall, 612-625-7370. Scenic resource management.
Polasky, A. Stephen, Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological
/Environmental Economics, 337E ClaOffBldg., 612-625-9213.
Applied economics.
Reichenbach, Michael R., Extension Educator. Cloquet Forestry
Center, 175 University Road, Cloquet, MN 55730. 218-879-6470.
Forest economic development.
Runge, C. Ford, Professor, Agricultural Industries and Marketing.
332k ClaOffBldg, 612-625-9208. Natural resource economics:
environmental benefits analysis.
Sagor, Eli S., Regional Extension Educator (University of
Minnesota Extension Service). 116b Green Hall, 612-624-6948.
Natural resources management and utilization.
Severs, Ronald W., Associate Scientist, Cloquet Forestry
Center, 175 University Road, Cloquet, MN 55730, 218-879-6412.
Forest management.
Smith, James L. David, Associate Professor, Fisheries and
Wildlife. 200 Hodson Hall, 612-624-5369. Conservation biology.
Stine, Robert A., Associate Dean (CNR), Research Associate/Coordinator,
Cloquet Forestry Center, 175 University Road, Cloquet, MN
55730. 218-879-6403. Forest genetics/forest policy.
Taff, Steven J., Associate Professor, Applied Economics.
331 ClasOffBldg, 612-625-3103. Natural resource economics
and policy.
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Program Areas
Biology, Ecology, Silviculture, and
Conservation
Research in this area focus on understanding the structure
and function of forest ecosystems and developing management
technologies such as, site preparation, propagate selection
and production, planting, thinning, fertilization, and insect
and disease control. These tools maintain ecosystem health
and enhance the productivity of forested environments. Research
in biodiversity and conservation strategies is also included
in this work. Basic research in tree physiology and genetics
is fundamental to developing these practices and strategies.
In recent years the impacts of atmosphere and environmental
change have become a major focus of research.
Economics, Policy, Management, and
Society
Research in this area includes assessing resource potential
to provide goods and services, developing and assessing natural
resource planning techniques, evaluating policies and programs,
and using analytical techniques in guiding resource management
decisions. Policy analysis and modeling to assess forest planning
alternatives have been especially visible efforts over the
past several years. The environmental review process itself
has also become a focus of research. Such review can have
major impacts on both economic development and environmental
quality in an increasingly global and competitive natural
resources marketplace.
Hydrology, Watershed Management, and
Water Quality
Research in this area centers on land-use and vegetation management
and their effects on water quantity and quality. The goals
of this research are to evaluate and quantify watershed management
effects and to develop practical models that predict hydrologic
and water quality changes due to land use. This work includes
agroforestry practices. Results are used to develop improved
management practices for water quality and watersheds in general.
A focus in recent years has been on the Minnesota River watershed
and agricultural drainage practices and their impacts.
Resource Assessment, Monitoring, and
Geospatial Analysis
Research in this area has concentrated on the following: (1)
developing individual tree and forest growth models that incorporate
stand structure, weather, and anthropogenic factors, and use
of these models in impact analyses and as decision support
tools; (2) incorporating auxiliary information into forest,
water, and land use measurement and estimation methods; (3)
developing methods for using remote sensing and satellite-based
digital data in sampling and resource survey methods; (4)
improving geographic information systems capabilities for
ecological and economic spatial analysis of resources; and
(5) synthesis of the above in terms of web-based information
systems for resource analyses, decision making, and stakeholder
information programs. Research has included development of
the “MapServer” open source software and large
landscape-scale analysis.
Recreation Resource Management
Research in this area has centered on (1) the resource and
dynamics of its use; (2) managerial practices, policies, and
their implications for the resource and its users; and (3)
potentials for resource-based tourism. Fundamental to these
efforts is research to aid the understanding of conflicts
that arise among resource user groups. Particular emphasis
has been placed on identifying roles of governments (local,
state, and federal) and of special interest groups in affecting
planning and resource use. Such planning is paramount to quality
visitor experiences in a highly mobile and changing society.
The department is also the administrative home for the University’s
Tourism Center. Thus, selected outputs from that unit are
included here.
Publications generated by these program areas are listed
in the Appendix: Program Area Publications
at the end of this publication.
Outreach Accomplishments
Introduction
Faculty are involved in a wide range of activities to share
research findings, expertise, and knowledge with the community
at large. The Forest Resources Extension office provides educational
information and practical research-based answers through its
web site, by telephone, fax, letter, electronic mail, office
consultation and referral, publication, and video.
The Forest Resources Extension Information Service receives
and responds to more than 1,100 phone contacts and visitors
concerning such areas as: forest insects and diseases, environmental
issues, forestry careers and courses, forestry assistance
programs, recreational trail development, forest wildlife
management, general tree care, tree and plant identification
and care, tree planting, recycling, shelterbelts, and timber
management, marketing, and harvesting. Additionally, the departmental
Extension and Tourism Center websites receive tens of thousands
of hits annually.
Extension and other faculty and staff have conducted short
courses, workshops, and presentations. The following is a
sampling of the more formal offerings during the past year
along with the names of lead faculty. Presentations are given
to schools, communities, landowners, international science
and research conferences, and natural resource organizations
as well as other professional organizations.
Selected Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars
Agroforestry
- Advocacy for the Renewable Resources Extension Act, Baughman
- Agroforestry in the 2007 farm bill: Realizing the potential
to generate conservation and economic benefits for farmers,
rural land managers and communities, Current
- Financial aspects of woodland ownership, Woodland Advisor
Program, Baughman
- Harnessing markets to drive conservation and rural development:
The case of Eco-palms, Current
- Sustainable woody biomass for biofuels: Emerging opportunities
in Minnesota, Current
- Woody biomass harvesting and utilization workshops, Current
Community Forestry
- Best Planting Practices, Johnson
- Dendrology programs at Circle of Life School, White Earth
Reservation, Vogt
- Field, Forests, and Lakeside, Circle of Life School, White
Earth, MN, Blinn
- GPS scavenger hunt, Circle of Life School, White Earth,
MN, Blinn
- How to use a GPS receiver, Blinn
- Introduction to GPS: Using basic GPS skills to improve
your urban forest inventories, Blinn
- Maple Syrup Clinics 2006, 2007, Vogt
- Master Gardener Core Course Programs, Johnson
- Minnesota Shade Tree short course, Johnson
- Minnesota Shade Tree Inspector Recertification Workshop,
Johnson
- MNLA Landscape Certification Workshop, Johnson
- Science Education Outreach Program for students K-12,
Reich
- Temperate Forest Foundation Teachers Education Workshop,
David
- TRE Research Nursery Short Course, Johnson
- Tree Care Advisor Core Course Training, Johnson
- Workshop on Pruning Trees, Johnson
- White Earth Summer Science and Math Program for Grades
8-12 (2006, 2007), Blinn, Carlson
Forest Biology,
Ecology, and Silviculture
- “Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change”
Lecture Series, Harvard University, Center for the Environment,
Reich
- Biodiversity and Global Change Lecture Series, Madrid,
Barcelona, Reich
- Cedar Creek Natural History Area Summer Seminar Series,
Reich
- Conservation challenges in Minnesota’s forests,
Frelich
- Decision Support models developed by the University of
Minnesota, Hoganson
- Decision Support models: Opportunities for future development
and application in Scandinavia, Hoganson
- Global warming and invasive species in Minnesota forests,
Frelich
- Global warming and multiple impacts on Minnesota forests,
Frelich
- Global warming and the prairie-forest border, Frelich
- Invasive earthworms in Minnesota forests, Frelich
- Minnesota’s Big Woods, Compleat Scholar, Frelich
- Overstory and understory effects on tree regeneration:
towards a mechanistic understanding of species interactions
above- and belowground, Montgomery
- Relationships between old-growth structure and disturbance
history in eastern hemlock forests, D’Amato
- Social networks as a dynamic mechanism for environmental
systems, Nelson
- The Eurasian larch provenance trial in Minnesota, USA.
Sweden, David
- The international Eurasian larch project, David
Forest Management Economics, and Policy
- 2007 Northeast Forest Soils Conference, Blinn
- Advanced timber sampling methods, Burk
- Contemporary modeling methods for forest management planning,
Hoganson
- Elevating the level of forest management on Minnesota’s
family forest lands: challenges and opportunities, Kilgore
- Field Data Collection and Measurement workshop, Bolstad,
Burk
- Lessons learned from recent applications of contemporary
modeling methods for forest management planning, Hoganson
- Modeling for resource analysis, planning and environmental
review, Ek
- Strategic forest property tax policy reform in Minnesota,
Kilgore
- State of the Forest: Progress and strategies for improving
forest productivity, Ek
- The potential impact of a changing climate on Minnesota’s
natural resource-based economy, Kilgore
- Timber cruising efficiency, precision, and accuracy, Burk
- Timber sale design workshop, Blinn
- Trends in Minnesota’s forest land real estate market,
Kilgore
Recreation Resource
Management and Tourism
- 2nd & 3rd MN Sustainable Tourism conferences, Messer
- a su servicio - bi-lingual At Your Service workshops,
Messer
- Citizen engagement and park management, Anderson
- Community-agency trust relationship between Voyageurs
National Park employees and community stakeholders, Anderson
- Creating memories with great service, Messer
- Event Management workshop, Gustafson
- Managing landscapes for sustainable recreation benefits,
Anderson
- Managing parks: Visitor and community benefits, Anderson
- Minnesota’s First Wine Trail, Gustafson
- Place attachment, benefits, and trust: VNP and the communities
it serves, Anderson
- Quality Service workshop, Messer
- Service Management workshop, Messer
- Sustainable tourism: impacts for MN lodging, Schneider
- The path to community success through nature-based tourism:
Wonders, warnings, and what ifs, Schneider
- Tourism Works for the U, Schneider
Resource
Assessment
- Multidate Landsat assessment and monitoring of impervious
surface area, Bauer
- PFOA Training for Research Scientists and Regulators,
Brazilia, Brazil, Nelson
- Problem Formulation and Option Assessment: Public Engagement
in Environmental Risk Assessment: a Cross Country Comparison,
Nelson
- Risk Assessment and PFOA Training for Research Scientists
and Regulators, Hanoi, Vietnam, Nelson
Watershed
Management and Water Quality
- Managing forests and water: challenges of a changing
landscape, Brooks
- Restoring hydrologic stability and meeting TMDLs in the
Minnesota River: Can perennial crops provide an economically
viable solution?, Current
- Satellite mapping and monitoring of land cover, impervious
surface area and water quality in Minnesota, Bauer
- Training workshop on Remote Sensing Methods for Lake Assessment,
Olmanson, Bauer
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Other
Programs and Cooperatives
The Department of Forest Resources administers or is
actively involved in a number of cooperative efforts, including
the following:
Aspen and Larch Genetics
Project and Cooperative
The University of Minnesota/Institute of Paper Science
and Technology Aspen/Larch Genetics Project is located at
the University's North Central Research and Outreach Center
in Grand Rapids. Fast-growing plant materials are expected
to play a significant role in meeting the burgeoning demand
for aspen and more generally to insure ample timber for regional
economic development. Scientists address tree improvement,
specifically hybrid and improved aspen and larch seed production,
mass propagation methods, and plantation establishment techniques.
The Cooperative represents important industry and governmental
action to maintain Minnesota's future timber supply. Andrew
David directs this Cooperative.
Center
for Changing Landscapes
In response to widespread landscape change, members of
the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and
the College of Natural Resources, both at the University of
Minnesota, created the Center for Changing Landscapes (CCL).
The Center links innovative landscape planning and design
with technical expertise in natural resource management and
geospatial analysis and modeling. The goal of the Center is
to address issues of sustainability for changing rural, urban,
and urbanizing landscapes, within and beyond the University
of Minnesota. To do so, the Center uses remote sensing, geographic
information systems, modeling for predicting landscape change,
and landscape and urban design-focused approaches to generate
alternative design scenarios at various landscape levels including
regional, subregional, district, neighborhood, and site levels.
Alan Ek is a co-director of this Center for the College of
Natural Resources. http://ccl.gis.umn.edu
Center
for Environment and Natural Resource Policy
The Center was established in 1984 to facilitate interdisciplinary
studies on the issues associated with natural resource management.
The Center shares its collective ideas through conferences,
symposia and seminars, in book and journal formats, and through
the Center's Working Papers. Additionally, Center faculty
serve in an advising/consultative role for government and
industry on policy issues and process as appropriate. Michael
Kilgore directs this Center.
Center
for Hardwood Ecology
The Center for Hardwood Ecology is a cooperative unit
between the College of Natural Resources (Department of Forest
Resources and Department of Wildlife Ecology) and College
of Biological Sciences (Department of Ecology, Evolution and
Behavior). Hardwood forests dominated by maple and oak were
an important and widespread native ecosystem that attracted
settlement and development in Minnesota and elsewhere in the
region. Major problems such as fragmentation, changes in disturbance
regime, especially fire suppression, increased grazing of
plants by deer, potential climate change and invasion of exotic
species, threaten the existence of these ecosystems and limit
the potential for their renewed regeneration and restoration
in the region. The Center for Hardwood Ecology brings together
an interdisciplinary group of ecologists to study ecological
processes at the physiological, community and landscape levels,
and to apply findings to management initiatives. Lee E. Frelich
(disturbance ecology), Margaret B. Davis (paleoecology), and
Peter B. Reich (physiological ecology) direct the center.
The center is partly funded by a permanent endowment with
the University of Minnesota Foundation, and by grants from
NSF and other agencies.
http://fr.cfans.umn.edu/cfhe/index.html
Center for Integrated
Natural Resource and Agricultural Management
Since its initiation in July 1995, the Center for Integrated
Natural Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM) has
brought together diverse groups to catalyze the development
and large-scale adoption of integrated land use systems. The
Center established many effective linkages within the University
and with many county, state, and federal agencies and organizations
outside the University that are active in natural resources
and agricultural management. CINRAM will continue to coordinate
the activities of the Minnesota Agroforestry Coalition and
raise awareness statewide of the need for integrated land
use systems. Kenneth Brooks and Dean Current direct CINRAM
efforts for the College of Natural Resources. http://www.cinram.umn.edu
Cooperative Park
Studies Program
The University of Minnesota Cooperative Park Studies
Program (MN-CPSP) was created in a cooperative arrangement
between the University of Minnesota and the National Park
Service (NPS) in 1989. In the fall of 1996, the MN-CPSP became
a part of the Biological Research Division (BRD) of the United
States Geologic Survey. The unit provides scientifically based
knowledge for the management of federal lands and their natural
resources, and transfers such information to other agencies
and the public to assure careful stewardship of the nation’s
natural resources. Dorothy H. Anderson directs this Cooperative.
Additional information on the MN-CPSP is available at: http://cpsp.cfans.umn.edu
Great Lakes Northern
Forests Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
The Great Lakes Northern Forests Cooperative Ecosystem
Studies Unit (GLNF CESU) was formally authorized in August
2002. It is part of a national network of CESUs and stretches
from Minnesota to Maine including all or part of 13 states.
The mission of the GLNF CESU is to conduct a program of research,
technical assistance, and education that involves the biological,
physical, social, and cultural sciences needed to address,
manage and preserve Great Lakes Northern Forest ecosystems
in a rapidly changing social, economic and environmental landscape.
In addition to the host university—the University of
Minnesota— GLNF CESU has 16 university partners, 9 nongovernmental
organization partners, and 6 federal partners. Dorothy Anderson
is the coordinator for the GLNF CESU. Additional information
on the GLNF CESU can be found at: http://cesu.cfans.umn.edu
Interagency
Information Cooperative
The Interagency Information Cooperative (IIC) is a partnership
between the Minnesota Forest Resources Council, Minnesota
Association of County Land Commissioners, Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources, Minnesota Land Management Information
Center, University of Minnesota, and the USDA Forest Service.
This Cooperative and its site maintains a vast amount of information
on Minnesota's forest and related natural resources as well
as links to specific sources and data sets at: http://iic.gis.umn.edu
Minnesota Forest Resources
Information Cooperative
The Minnesota Forest Resource Information Cooperative (MFRIC)
is a joint venture by the Department of Forest Resources,
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences,
University of Minnesota; the Minnesota Forest Resources Council;
and the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State &
Private Forestry. http://mfric.cfans.umn.edu/
Minnesota
Tree Improvement Cooperative
The Minnesota Tree Improvement Cooperative was formed
in 1981 to increase the use of genetic principles in regional
forestry practices. It is housed at the Cloquet Forestry Center.
The primary goal of the cooperative is to increase the quantity
and quality of timber yields in the region. This goal is accomplished
by selecting and breeding trees which grow faster, have better
form, and are more disease resistant than those which currently
exist. The Cooperative is also involved in research and development
of genetic resistance to white pine blister rust, production
of white spruce that will grow 25 percent faster than wild
trees, and production of genetically improved seeds. Andrew
David oversees this Cooperative with operations managed by
Carrie Pike.
Remote
Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory
Established in 1995 to develop a unified computing environment
for research on spatial analysis and modeling of natural resources
and environment. The RSGAL operates a large network connecting
more than 30 workstations and advanced graphics storage and
capability plus wide-ranging applications software, including
ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, MySQL, and S-Plus. The RSGAL provides
state-of-the-art capabilities for image processing, mapping,
modeling, statistics, and visualization. The RSGAL also includes
a wide array of input-output devices including digitizers,
image scanners, printers, and large format plotters. Marv
Bauer directs the lab. The organizationand work of the RSGAL
are described at: http://rsgl.gis.umn.edu
Tourism
Center
Part of the University of Minnesota Extension Service,
the Center operates in partnership with various academic units,
government agencies, and industry associations on a variety
of instructional, consulting, and research projects. Current
research topics include customer behavior, community and development
issues, and the economic impacts of tourism in Minnesota,
nationally, and internationally. Ingrid Schneider directs
the Tourism Center. http://www.tourism.umn.edu
The
Wilderness Research Center
The Wilderness Research Center operates from Ely, Minnesota,
and has been financed by the Wilderness Research Foundation
and a private donor for more than 30 years. The College of
Natural Resources has been closely involved with the programs
of the Center.
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Instruction
and Student Enhancement Programs
Baccalaureate
Degrees
The Department of Forest Resources administers four-year bachelor
of science (B.S.) degree programs in (1) forest resources,
(2) recreation resource management, and (3) urban and community
forestry. The undergraduate forestry programs were ranked
#1 in the nation by the recent Gourman Report (1998). Curriculums
prepare students to manage forests and related lands for timber,
wildlife, recreation, water resources, and environmental enhancement.
Graduates may become directly involved in land management
or play specialized supporting roles in areas such as resource
planning, forest protection, resource analysis, and public
relations. Others find employment in related fields such as
environmental education and interpretation. The Department
of Forest Resources faculty also assist in the four-year bachelor
of science degree program in environment and natural resources
management.
The Forest Resources curriculum consists of three tracks:
• Forest Management and
Planning
• Forest Conservation
and Ecosystem Management
• Urban and Community Forestry
The Recreation Resource Management curriculum also has two
tracks:
• Recreation Resource
Management
• Resource-based Tourism
Graduate
Degrees
Master’s of science (M.S.) and doctor of philosophy
(Ph.D.) degree programs in Natural Resources Science and Management
are offered through the Graduate School in cooperation with
the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
Students choose among eight tracks:
• Forests: biology, ecology,
conservation, and management
• Economics, policy, management,
and society
• Assessment, monitoring,
and geospatial analysis
• Recreation resources,
tourism, and environmental education
• Forest hydrology and
watershed management
• Wildlife ecology and
management
• Paper science and engineering
• Forest products
Department faculty also participate in other graduate programs,
notably in the areas of conservation biology, plant biology,
and water resources science.
Courses
A list of undergraduate courses taught may be found on the
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
website at: http://www.cfans.umn.edu/Majors_and_Minors.html
A list of both undergraduate and graduate courses taught
may also be found on the University’s One Stop site:
http://www.onstop.umn.edu/Student/index.html
Lists of courses taught by the Department of Forest Resources
faculty are listed under the following majors or subject areas:
Forest Resources
Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management
Recreation Resource Management
In terms of course numbering, courses carrying graduate
credit are generally those identified as 5000 level and higher,
and those identified as 8000 level.
Special Programs
Study Abroad Opportunities
in Natural Resources - Study abroad, as
either field study or integrated classroom study, enhances
any degree program. The University's student exchanges and
consortia memberships provide access to conservation, ecology,
and resource management curricula taught in English and other
languages in many countries. These include a tropical biology/conservation
program in Costa Rica.
Student Support
and Scholarships
Scholarships awarded directly to undergraduate students in
the Forest Resources, Recreation Resource Management, and
Urban Forestry curriculums include:
- John Allison Award
- R.M. Brown Award
- Carolind Award
- Day Family Award
- Edward A. Everett Memorial Award
- Ferguson Heritage Endowed Award
- Thomas W. French Memorial Award
- Robert L. Goudy Memorial Award
- Edward Lawson Award
- Ralph L. Lindgren Award
- Thomas L. Mielki-Weyerhaeuser
- William R. Miles Award
- Leiton Nelson Award
- Charles Lathrop Pack Awards in Forestry
- Lynn W. Sandberg Memorial Award
- Helen A. Young Award
Fellowships in the Natural Resources Science and Managemente
Graduate Program include:
- Thomas Eugene Avery Graduate Fellowship in Forestry
- Peter F. Ffolliot Graduate Fellowship in Forest Resources
- Thomas W. French Memorial Award
- Henry L. Hansen Forest Ecology Fellowship
- Catherine S. Hill Fellowship
- Frederick and Philip Noel Knorr Graduate
- Fellowship Concerning Forests and/or Trees
- Merle P. Meyer Fellowship in Forest Resources
- The Josephine and Waldemore Mohl Fund
- Leiton E. Nelson Graduate Scholarship
- Hugo J. and Helen Pawek Fellowship in Forest Resources
- Carol Turnbull Memorial Fellowship
- Wood-Rill Graduate Fellowship in Hardwood Ecology
In addition, the Department of Forest Resources supports
approximately 60 graduate and 50 undergraduate students through
part-time employment in research, teaching and extension programs.
Student Clubs
and Activities
Student clubs encourage involvement of undergraduate and
graduate students in forestry and natural resources activities.
These extracurricular programs promote camaraderie among students
and faculty, initiate discussion of resource issues, and provide
opportunities to network with natural resource professionals.
Undergraduate and graduate students are also asked to participate
in departmental faculty meetings and on curriculum committees.
Environmental Studies Club - provides students
with the opportunity to become acquainted and discuss environmental
issues, promote projects, and share mutual concerns with students
and faculty.
Forestry Club - provides students educational
opportunities and a chance to network with forestry professionals.
The Forestry Club also fellowship among students and faculty.
Activities include:
• Annual Christmas Tree Sale
• Competing in National Forester's Conclave
• Forester's Day at University of Minnesota
Recreational Resource Management Club - provides
opportunities to meet other students and faculty socially
and participate in volunteer and educational activities outside
the classroom including:
• North County National Scenic Trail Building
• Adopt-a-River Project
Society of American Foresters Student Chapter -
provides opportunities to meet with forestry professionals,
discuss current issues, receive employment information and
participate in a mentoring program. Activities include:
• Forestry in the Classroom Project
• Field trips and professional meetings
• Habitat for Humanity project
Xi Sigma Pi - the National Forestry Honor
Society, seeks to secure and maintain a high level of scholarship
including scholastic achievement, leadership, and community
service.
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Sources of Support
Ainsworth Engineered, LLC
Americaview, Inc
Beltrami County
Blandin Foundation
Blandin Paper Company
Carlton County
Cass County
Clearwater County
Compliance Assistance, Inc.
Crow Wing County
Ducks Unlimited Incorporated
Environmental Protection Agency
Fargo Moorhead CVB
Hedstrom Lumber Company
Hubbard County
Iron Range Resources
Itasca County
Itasca Greenhouse, Inc.
Koochiching County
Lake County
Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
- State General Agricultural Research
- Federal Hatch Funds
- Federal McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry
Research Program
Minnesota Association of City Land Commissioners
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Division of Forestry
- Division of Parks and Recreation
- Division of Ecological Sciences
Minnesota Forest Resources Council
Minnesota Logger Education Program
Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association
Minnesota Office of Tourism
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota Power
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- Institute for the Application of Geospatial
Technology
- Stennis Space Center
National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry
National Council on Air & Stream Improvement
National Institute for Global Environmental Change
National Science Foundation
North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)
Pine County
Plum Creek Timber Company
Potlatch Corporation
Red Lake Nation
Renewing the Countryside, Inc.
St. Louis County
St. Paul Festival Association
University of Georgia
University of Minnesota
- Extension Service
- Federal Renewable Resources Extension
Act
- Federal Smith-Lever funds
- Graduate School
- Initiative for Renewable Energy and the
Environment
- Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Agricultural Research Service
- Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service (CSREES)
- Forest Service
. Forest Products
Laboratory
. Northern Research
Station
. Northeastern Area
State and Private Forestry
. Southern Research
Station
US Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers
US Department of Energy
US Department of the Interior (USDI)
- Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units National
Network
- National Park Service
US Peace Corps
Western Boreal Aspen Corporation
White Earth Tribal and Community College
Wilderness Research Foundation
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Appendix:
Program Area Publications
Biology, Ecology,
Silviculture, and Conservation
Journal Articles
Chapman, K., and P.B. Reich. 2007. Land use and habitat
gradients determine bird community diversity and abundance
in suburban, rural, and reserve landscapes of Minnesota, USA.
Biological Conservation 135:543-557.
Chung, H., D. Zak, P.B. Reich, and D.S. Ellsworth. 2007. Plant
species richness, elevated CO2, and atmospheric N deposition
alter soil microbial community composition and function. Global
Change Biology 13:980–989.
Dauer, J.M., J. Chorover, O.A. Chadwick, J. Oleksyn, M.G.
Tjoelker, S.E. Hobbie, P.B. Reich, and D.E. Eissenstat. 2007.
Controls over leaf and litter calcium concentrations among
temperate trees. Biogeochemistry 86: 175-187.
Davis, M., P.B. Reich, M.B.J. Knoll, L. Dooley, M. Hundtoft,
and I. Attleson. 2007. Elevated atmospheric CO2: A nurse plant
substitute for oak seedlings establishing in old fields. Global
Change Biology 13:2308-2316.
Desai, A.R., P.R. Moorcroft, P.V. Bolstad, and K.J. Davis.
2007. Regional carbon fluxes from a biometrically-constrained
dynamic ecosystem model: Impact of disturbance, CO2 fertilization
and heterogeneous land cover. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences
112(G01017), doi:10.1029/2006JG000264.
Dickie, I.A., R.A. Montgomery, P.B. Reich, and S.A. Schnitzer.
2006. Physiological and phenological responses of oak seedlings
to oak forest soil in the absence of trees. Tree Physiology
27:133-140.
Dickie, I.A., J. Oleksyn, R.B. Reich, P. Karolewski, R. Zytkowiak,
A.M. Jagodzinski, and E. Turzanska. 2006. Soil modification
by different tree species influences the extent of seedling
ectomycorrhizal infection. Mycorrhiza 16:73-79.
Dickie, I.A., S.A. Schnitzer, P.B. Reich, and S. Hobbie.
2007. Is oak establishment in old-fields and savanna openings
context dependent? J Ecology 95:309-320.
Dijkstra, F.A., S. Hobbie, and P. Reich. 2006. Soil processes
affected by sixteen grassland species grown under different
environmental conditions. Soil Science Society of America
Journal 70:770-777.
Dijkstra, F.A., K. Wrage, S.E. Hobbie, and P.B. Reich. 2006.
Tree patches show greater N losses but maintain higher soil
N availability than grassland patches in a frequently burned
oak savanna. Ecosystems 9:441-452.
Dijkstra, F.A., J.B. West, S.E. Hobbie, and P.B. Reich. 2007.
Dissolved inorganic and organic N leaching from a grassland
field experiment: interactive effects of plant species richness,
atmospheric [CO2] and N fertilization. Ecology 88:490–500.
Fargione, J.E., D. Tilman, R. Dybzinski, J. HilleRisLambers,
C. Clark, W.S. Harpole, J.M.H. Knops, P.B. Reich, and M. Loreau.
2007. From selection to complementarity: shifts in the causes
of biodiversity productivity relationships in a long-term
biodiversity experiment. Proc Royal Soc B: Biological
Science 274:871-876.
Frelich, L.E., C.M. Hale, S. Scheu, A.R. Holdsworth, L. Heneghan,
P.J. Bohlen, and P.B. Reich. 2006. Earthworm invasion into
previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests. Biological
Invasions 8:1235-1245.
Giertych, M.J., P. Karolewski, J. Grzebyta, and J. Oleksyn.
2007. Feeding behavior and performance of Neodiprion sertifer
larvae reared on Pinus sylvestris needles. Forest Ecology
and Management 242: 700-707.
Gragson, T.L., and P.V. Bolstad. 2006. Land use legacies
and the future of southern Appalachia. Society and Natural
Resources 19:175-190.
Hale, C.M., L.E. Frelich, and P.B. Reich. 2006. Changes in
cold-temperate hardwood forest understory plant communities
in response to invasion by European earthworms. Ecology
87:1637-1649.
Heinsch, F.A., M. Zhao, S.W. Running, J.S. Kimball, R.R.
Nemani, K.J. Davis, P.V. Bolstad, B.D. Cook, A.R. Desai, D.M.
Ricciuto, B.E. Law, W.C. Oechel, H. Kwon, H. Luo, S.C. Wofsy,
A.L. Dunn, J.W. Munger, D.D. Baldocchi, L. Xu, D.Y. Hollinger,
A.D. Richardson, P.C. Stoy, M.B.S. Siqeira, R.K. Monson, S.
Burns, and L.B. Flanagan. 2006. Evaluation of remote sensing
based terrestrial producitivity from MODIS using regional
tower eddy flux network observations. IEEE Transactions
on Geosciences and Remote Sensing 44:1908-1925.
Hobbie, S.E., M. Ogdahl, J. Chorover, O.A. Chadwick, J. Oleksyn,
R. Zytkowiak, and P.B. Reich. 2007. Tree species effects on
soil organic matter dynamics: the role of soil cation composition.
Ecosystems 10: 999-1018.
Hobbie, S.E., P.B. Reich, J. Oleksyn, M. Ogdahl, R. Zytkowiak,
C. Hale, and P. Karolewski. 2006. Tree species effects on
decomposition and forest floor dynamics in a common garden.
Ecology 87:2288-2297.
Holdsworth, A.R., L.E. Frelich, and P.B. Reich. 2007. Effects
of earthworm invasion on plant species richness in northern
hardwood forests. Conservation Biology 21:997-1008.
Holdsworth, A.R., P.B. Reich, and L.E. Frelich. 2007. Regional
extent of an ecosystem engineer: earthworm invasion in northern
hardwood forests. Ecological Applications 17:1666-1677.
Johansson, P., C.M. Wetmore, D.J. Carlson, P.B. Reich, and
G. Thor. 2006. Habitat preference, growth form, vegetative
dispersal and population size of lichens along a wildfire
severity gradient. The Bryologist 109:527-540.
Knight, K.S., J. Kurylo, T. Endress, R. Stewart, and P.B.
Reich. 2007. Ecology and ecosystem impacts of Rhamnus cathartica:
A review. Biological Invasions 9:925-937.
Knops, J.H.M., S. Naeem, and P.B. Reich. 2007. The impact
of elevated CO2, increased nitrogen availability and biodiversity
on plant tissue quality and decomposition. Global Change
Biology 13:1960-1971.
Lau, J.A., R.G. Shaw, P.B. Reich, and P. Tiffin. 2007. Strong
ecological but weak evolutionary effects of elevated CO2 on
a recombinant inbred population of Arabidopsis thaliana.
New Phytologist 175:351-362.
LeDee, O., F. Cuthbert, and P.V. Bolstad. 2007. A remote
sensing analysis of coastal habitat composition for a threatened
shorebird, the piping plover (Charadrius melodus).
Journal of Coastal Research DOI: 10.2112/06-0734.
Machado, J.L., and P.B. Reich. 2006. Dark respiration rate
increases with plant size in saplings of three temperate tree
species despite decreasing tissue nitrogen and nonstructural
carbohydrates. Tree Physiology 26:915-923.
Milla, R., and P.B. Reich. 2007. The scaling of leaf area
and mass: the cost of light interception increases with leaf
size. Proc Royal Soc B 274:2109-2114.
Niklas, K.J., E.D. Cobb, Ü. Niinemets, P.B. Reich, A.
Sellin, B. Shipley, and I.J. Wright. 2006. “Diminishing
returns” in function with increasing leaf mass across
and within six species-groups. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA
104:8891-8896.
Novotny, A.M., J.D. Schade, S.E. Hobbie, A.D. Kay, M. Kyle,
P.B. Reich, and J.J. Elser. 2007. Stoichiometric response
of nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing dicots to manipulations
of CO2, nitrogen, and diversity. Oecologia 151:687-696.
Oleksyn, J., B.D. Kloeppel, S. Lukasiewicz, P. Karolewski,
and P.B. Reich. 2007. Ecophysiology of horse chestnut (Aesculus
hippocastanum L.) in degraded and restored urban sites.
Polish Journal of Ecology 55:245-260.
Peterson, D, P.B. Reich, K. Wrage, and D. Wedin. 2007. Plant
functional group responses to fire frequency and tree canopy
cover gradients in oak savannas and woodlands. J Veg Science
18: 3-12.
Potvin, C., F.S. Chapin, A. Gonzalez, P. Leadley, P. Reich,
and J. Roy. 2007. Plant biodiversity and responses to elevated
carbon dioxide. In Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing
World, eds., J.G. Canadell, D. Pataki, and L. Pitelka,
125-134. The IGBP Series. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Reich, P.B., S.E. Hobbie, T. Lee, D.S. Ellsworth, J.B. West,
D. Tilman, J. Knops, S. Naeem, and J. Trost. 2006. Nitrogen
limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response
to CO2. Nature 440:922-925.
Reich, P.B., B.A. Hungate, and Y. Luo. 2006. Carbon-nitrogen
interactions in terrestrial ecosystems in response to rising
atmospheric CO2. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution,
and Systematics 37:611-636.
Reich, P.B., C. Lusk, and I.J. Wright. 2007. Predicting leaf
physiology from simple plants and climate attributes: A global
GLOPNET analysis. Ecological Applications 17:1982-1988.
Reich, P.B., M.G. Tjoelker, J.-L. Machado, and J. Oleksyn.
2007. Biological scaling: Does the exception prove the rule?
(Reply). Nature 445(7127):E10-E11.
Reich, P.B., M.G. Tjoelker, J.-L. Machado, and J. Oleksyn.
2006. Universal scaling of respiratory metabolism, size and
nitrogen in plants. Nature 439(7075):457-461.
Rich, R.L., L.E. Frelich, and P.B. Reich. 2007. Wind-throw
mortality in the southern boreal forest: effects of species,
diameter and stand age. Journal of Ecology 95:1261-1273.
Savva, Y., J. Oleksyn, P.B. Reich, M.G. Tjoelker, E.A. Vaganov,
and J. Modrzynski. 2006. Interannual growth response of Norway
spruce to climate along an altitudinal gradient in the Tatra
Mountains, Poland. Trees 20:735-746.
Shipley, B., M.J. Lechowicz, I. Wright, and P.B. Reich. 2006.
Fundamental tradeoffs generating the worldwide leaf economics
spectrum. Ecology 87:535-541.
Sims, D.A., A.F. Rahman, V.D. Cordova, B.Z. El-Masri, D.D.
Baldocchi, P.V. Bolstad, P.S. Curtis, L.B. Flanagan, A.H.
Goldstein, D.Y. Hollinger, L. Misson, R.K. Monson, W.C. Oechel,
H.P. Schmid, S.C. Wofsy, and L. Xu. 2006. On the use of MODIS
EVI to assess gross primary productivity of North American
ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research 111(G4):G04015,
10.1029/ 2006JG000162.
Smith, J.A., R.A. Blanchette, T.A. Burnes, J.H. Gillman,
and A.J. David. 2006. Epicuticular wax and white pine blister
rust resistance in selections of Pinus strobus L.
Phytopathology 96:171-177.
Smith, J.A., R.A. Blanchette, J.J. Jacobs, L. Higgins, B.A.
Witthun, J.H. Gillman, and A.J. David. 2006. Proteomic comparison
of needles from blister rust-resistant and susceptible Pinus
strobus seedlings reveals up-regulation of putative disease
resistance proteins. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
19:150-160.
Strengbom, J., and P.B. Reich. 2006. Elevated (CO2) and increased
N supply reduce leaf disease and related photosynthetic impacts
on Solidago rigida. Oecologia 149:519-525.
Tang, J., P.V. Bolstad, B.E. Ewers, A.R. Desai, K.J. Davis,
and E.V. Carey. 2006. Sap-flux- upscaled canopy transpiration,
stomatal conductance and water use efficiency in an old-growth
forest in the Great Lakes region of United States. Journal
of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 111:G02009.
Tilman, D., P.B. Reich, and J.M.H. Knops. 2006. Biodiversity
and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment.
Nature 441:629-632.
Tilman, D., P.B. Reich, and J.H.M. Knops. 2007. Diversity
and stability in plant communities (Reply). Nature
446(7135):E7-E8.
Trocha, L.K., J. Oleksyn, E. Turzanska, M. Rudawska, and
P.B. Reich. 2007. Living on the edge: Ecology of an incipient
Betula-fungal community growing on brick walls. Trees
21:239-247.
Vose, J., and P.V. Bolstad. 2007. Biotic and abiotic factors
regulating forest floor CO2 flux across a range of forest
age classes in the southern Appalachians. Pedobiologia
50:577-587.
Wang, W., K.J. Davis, B.D. Cook, D.M. Ricciuto, and M.P.
Butler. 2006. Decomposing CO2 fluxes measured over a mixed
ecosystem at a tall tower and extending to a region: A case
study. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences
111:(G02005, doi:10.1029/ 2005JG000093).
Weicherding, P., C.P. Giblin, J.H. Gillman, D.L. Hanson,
and G.R. Johnson. 2007. Mechanical root-disruption practices
and their effect on circling roots of pot-bound Tilia
cordata Mill. and Salix alba L. ‘Niobe.’
Arboriculture and Urban Forestry 33(1):43-47.
West, J.B., S.E. Hobbie, and P.B. Reich. 2006. Effects of
plant species diversity, atmospheric (CO2), and N addition
on gross rates of inorganic N release from soil organic matter.
Global Change Biology 12:1400-1408.
Withington, J.M., P.B. Reich, J. Oleksyn, and D.M. Eissenstat.
2006. Comparisons of structure and life span in roots and
leaves among temperate trees. Ecological Monographs 76:381-397.
Wright, I.J., P.B. Reich, O.H. Atkin, C.H. Lusk, M.G. Tjoelker,
and M. Westoby. 2006. Irradiance, temperature and rainfall
influence leaf respiration in woody plants: Evidence from
comparisons across 20 sites. New Phytologist 169:309-319.
Wright, J.P., S. Naeem, A. Hector, C. Lehman, P.B. Reich,
B. Schmid, and D. Tilman. 2006. Conventional functional classification
schemes underestimate the relationship with ecosystem functioning.
Ecology Letters 9:111-120
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Economics, Policy,
Management, and Society
Journal Articles
Baker, L.A., P. Hartzheim, S. Hobbie, K.C. Nelson, and
J. King. 2006. Effect of consumption on fluxes of carbon,
nitrogen and phosphorus through households. Urban Ecosystems
DOI 10.1007/s11252-006-0014-3.
Blinn, C.R., P.J. Jakes, and M. Sakai. 2007. Forest landowner
cooperatives in the US: A local focus for engaging landowners.
Journal of Forestry 105(5):245-251.
Blinn, C.R., D.M. Zak, and M.J. Vogt. 2006. Building and
maintaining successful relationships between reservation and
university programs: Summer school experiences on the White
Earth Reservation. Journal of Forestry 104(2):84-88.
Ellefson, P., M. Kilgore, K. Skog, and C. Risbrudt. 2007.
Organization, governance, and measures of performance of forest
products research and development organizations in a worldwide
setting. Forest Products Journal 57(10):6-13.
Ellefson, P.V., C.M. Hibbard, and M.A. Kilgore. 2006. Managing
across levels of government: evaluation of federal-state roles
and responsibilities involving nonfederal forests in the United
States. Forest Policy and Economics 8(6):652-666.
Ellefson, P.V., C.M. Hibbard, and M.A. Kilgore. 2007. Intergovernmental
roles and responsibilities involving nonfederal forests in
the United States: An assessment of federal and state conditions.
Society and Natural Resources 20:561-575.
Ellefson, P.V., M.A. Kilgore, and J.E. Granskog. 2006. State
government regulation of forestry practices applied to nonfederal
forests: extent and intensity of agency involvement. Journal
of Forestry 104(8):401-406.
Ellefson, P.V., M.A. Kilgore, and J.E. Granskog. 2007. Government
regulation of forestry practices on private forest land in
the United States: An assessment of state government responsibilities
and program performance. Forest Policy and Economics
9:620-632.
Ellefson, P.V., M.A. Kilgore, and C.M. Hibbard. 2007. Forest
resource management: Dealing with a labyrinth of state agencies
and authorities. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry
24(1):74-76.
Finley, A.O., R.E. McRoberts, and A.R. Ek. 2006. Applying
an efficient k -nearest neighbor search to forest attribute
imputation. Forest Science 52:130-135.
Gragson, T.L., and P.V. Bolstad. 2007. A regional analysis
of Cherokee town placement and population ca. 1721. Social
Science History 31:435-468.
Haworth, B.K., C.R. Blinn, and D.T. Chura. 2007. Assessment
of logger education programs and programming in the US. Journal
of Forestry 105(7):358-363.
Jakes, P., L. Kruger, M. Monroe, K. Nelson, and V. Sturtevant.
2007. Improving wildfire preparedness: lessons from communities
across the U.S. Human Ecology Review 14(2):182-191.
Kelkar, V., B. Geils, D. R. Becker, S. Overby, and D. Neary.
2006. How to recover more value from small pine trees: essential
oils and resins. Biomass and Bioenergy 30:316-320.
Kilgore, M., J. Leahy, C. Hibbard, and J. Donnay. 2007. Assessing
family forest land certification opportunities: A Minnesota
case study. Journal of Forestry 105(1):28-33.
Kilgore, M., J. Leahy, C. Hibbard, J. Donnay, and C. Blinn.
2007. Evaluating logger certification attitudes and preferences:
A Minnesota case study. Forest Products Journal 57(1):84-90.
Kilgore, M.A. 2006. The impact of contract deed financing
on Minnesota forest land markets. The Appraisal Journal
74(4):367:379.
Kilgore, M.A. 2007. Best management practices. Encyclopedia
of Forests and Forestry in the Americas. http://forestryencyclopedia.jot.com/WikiHome.
Kilgore, M.A., J.L. Greene, M.G. Jacobson, T.J. Straka, and
S.E. Daniels. 2007. The influence of financial incentive programs
in promoting sustainable forestry on the nation’s family
forests. Journal of Forestry 105(4):184-191.
Kilgore, M.A., C. Hibbard, and P.V. Ellefson. 2006. Comprehensive
strategic planning for the use and management of forest resources:
The experiences of state governments in the United States.
Forest Policy and Economics 9:42-49.
Kilgore, M.A., and D.G. MacKay. 2007. Trends in Minnesota’s
forest land real estate market: implications for forest management.
Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 24(1):37-42.
Olson, K.D., J.A. Skuza, and C.R. Blinn. 2007. Extension
educators’ views of scholarship and performance evaluation
criteria. Journal of Extension [On-line], 45(4) Article
4RIB1. Available at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2007august/rb1.shtml
Phillips, M.J., and C.R. Blinn. 2007. Practices evaluated
and approaches used to select sites for monitoring the application
of Best Management Practices: A regional summary. Journal
of Forestry 105(4):179-183.
Snyder, S.A., M.A. Kilgore, R. Hudson, and J. Donnay. 2007.
Determinants of forest land prices in northern Minnesota:
a hedonic pricing approach. Forest Science 53(1):25-35.
Straka, T.J., M.A. Kilgore, M.G. Jacobson, J.L. Greene, and
S.E. Daniels. 2007. Influence of financial incentive programs
in sustaining wildlife values. Human Dimensions of Wildlife
12:197-19.
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Hydrology, Watershed
Management, and Water Quality
Journal Articles
Menken, K.D., P.L. Brezonik, and M.E. Bauer. 2006. Influence
of chlorophyll and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
on lake reflectance spectra: Implications for measuring lake
properties by remote sensing. Lake and Reservoir Management
22(3):179-190.
Steber A., K.N. Brooks, C.H. Perry, R. Kolka. 2007. Surface
Compaction Estimates and Soil Sensitivity in Aspen Stands
of the Great Lake States. North. J. Appl. For. 24(4):276-281.
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Resource Assessment,
Monitoring, and Geospatial Analysis
Journal Articles
Nelson, K.C., and M.J. Banker. 2007. Problem Formulation
and Option Assessment Handbook: Science-guided multi-stakeholder
deliberation in ecological risk assessment of genetically
modified organisms, GMO-ERA Project, Handbook and CD.
Bauer, M.E., B.C. Loeffelholz, and B. Wilson. 2007. Estimating
and mapping impervious surface area by regression analysis
of Landsat imagery. In Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces,
ed., Q. Weng, 3-20. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Edgar, C.B. and T.E. Burk. 2007. Demonstration and verification
of a model that generates defoliation patterns in forested
landscapes. Ecological Modelling 205:301-313.
Edgar, C.B., and T.E. Burk. 2006. A simulation study to assess
the sensitivity of forest health monitoring network to outbreaks
of defoliating insects. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
122:289-307.
Vatsavai, R.R., S. Shekhar, and T.E. Burk. 2007. An efficient
spatial semi-supervised learning algorithm. International
Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems
22(6):427-437.
Vatsavai, R.R., S. Shekhar, T.E. Burk, and S.D. Lime. 2006.
UMN-MapServer: A high-performance, interoperable, and open
source web mapping and geo-spatial analysis system. In Lecture
Notes in Computer Science 4197:400-417. Berlin: Springer
Verlag.
Wei, Y., and H. Hoganson. 2006. Spatial information for scheduling
core area production in forest planning. Canadian J. For.
Res. 36(1)23-33.
Wei, Y., and H.M. Hoganson. 2007. Scheduling forest core
area production using mixed integer programming. Can.
J. For. Res. 37(10):1924-1932.
Wu, J., D. Wang, and M.E. Bauer. 2007. Assessing broadband
vegetation indices and QuickBird data in estimating leaf area
index of corn and potato canopies. Field Crop Research
102(1):33–42.
Wu, J., D. Wang, C.J. Rosen, and M.E. Bauer. 2007. Comparison
of petiole nitrate concentrations, SPAD chlorophyll readings,
and QuickBird satellite imagery in detecting nitrogen status
of potato canopies. Field Crop Res. 101(1):96–103.
Yuan, F., and M.E. Bauer. 2007. Comparison of impervious
surface area and normalized difference vegetation index as
indicators of surface urban heat island effects in Landsat
imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 106(3):375-386.
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Recreation Resource
Management
Journal Articles
Allendorf, T.D., J.L.D. Smith, and D.H. Anderson. 2007.
Residents’ perceptions of Royal Bardia National Park,
Nepal. Landscape and Urban Planning 82(1):33-40.
Davenport, M.A., D.H. Anderson, J.E. Leahy, and P.J. Jakes.
2007. Reflections from USDA Forest Service employees on institutional
constraints to engaging and serving their local communities.
Journal of Forestry 105(1):43-48.
Davenport, M.A., J.E. Leahy, D.H. Anderson, and P.J. Jakes.
2007. Building trust in natural resource management within
local communities: A case study of the Midewin National Tallgrass
Prairie. Environmental Management 39(3):353-368.
Hong, A., and D.H. Anderson. 2006. Barriers to participation
for Latino people at Dodge Nature Center. Environmental
Education 37(4):33-44.
Hung, T.T., I.E. Schneider, and W.G. Gartner. 2006. Image
of Vietnam held among U.S. tourists: Initial inquiry. Asia
Pacific Journal of Travel Research 11(2):147-159.
Schneider, I.E. 2007. The prevalence and significance of
displacement for wilderness recreation management and research.
International Journal of Wilderness 13:3, 23-27.
Schneider, I.E., and S. Wilhelm Stanis. 2007. Continuing
the discussion on coping as a conceptualization to constraint
negotiation and accommodation: A response to Drs. Little,
Samdahl and Walker. Leisure Sciences 29:419-423.
Schneider, I.E., and S. Wilhelm Stanis. 2007. Coping: An
alternative conceptualization for constraint negotiation and
accommodation. Leisure Sciences 29:391-401.
Schuster, R.M., W.E. Hammitt, D. Moore, and I.E. Schneider.
2006. Coping with stress resulting from social value conflict:
Nonhunter's response to social interaction with hunters. Human
Dimensions of Wildlife Management 11(2):101-113.
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Selected Extension and
Other Publications
Biology, Ecology, Silviculture,
and Conservation
David, A. 2006. Improved seedlings key to increasing forest
productivity. Herald Review, Grand Rapids, MN.
Johnson, G. 2007. A prairie trilogy: The urban forests of
Morris, Minnesota. Minnesota Shade Tree Advocate
9(2).
Johnson, G. 2007. Pruning flowering shrubs. Minnesota
Shade Tree Advocate 9(4).
Johnson, G. 2007. Moving water from the soil to the leaves.
Minnesota Shade Tree Advocate 9(3).
Johnson, G. 2007. Stem girdling roots and landscape trees:
Shortened lives and crushed cars. Yard and Garden News
9(16).
Johnson, G. 2007. Seasonal watering guide for trees and shrubs–deciduous
and evergreen. Yard and Garden News 9(11).
Johnson, G., and D. Fallon. 2007. Stem girdling roots: The
underground epidemic killing our trees. St. Paul, MN: USDA
Forest Service, Northeastern Area.
Johnson, G., and R. Koetter. 2006. Preventing frost cankers/sunscald
and frost cracks: Wrap or no wrap? Yard and Garden Line
News 8(16):1.
Johnson, G.R. 2006. Will the pines still be green next spring?
Minnesota Shade Tree Advocate 8(1):13-16.
Johnson, G.R. 2006 revision. Winter damage to trees and shrubs.
University of Minnesota Extension Service, INFO-U fact sheet.
Koetter, R., and G. Johnson. 2006. Will fill kill? Minnesota
Shade Tree Advocate 8(1):6-9.
Koetter, R., and G. Johnson. 2006. Preventing frost cankers/sunscald
and frost cracks: Wrap or no wrap? Arborescience
(Fall):3-4.
Pike, C., J. Warren, and A. David. 2006. Minnesota Tree Improvement
Cooperative 2005 Annual Report. Department of Forest Resources,
University of Minnesota.
Pike, C., J. Warren, and A. David. 2007. Minnesota Tree Improvement
Cooperative 2006 Annual Report. Department of Forest Resources,
University of Minnesota.
Simons, K., and G.R. Johnson. 2007. The road to a thoughtful
street tree Master Plan: A practical guide to systematic planning
and design. St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern
Area.
Ward, K.T. and G.R Johnson. 2007. Geospatial methods provide
timely and comprehensive urban forest information. Urban
Forestry and Urban Greening 6:15-22.
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Economics, Policy, Management,
and Society
Andow, D.A., E.M.G. Fontes, A. Hilbeck, J. Jonston, D.M.F.
Capalbo, K.C. Nelson, E. Underwood, G.P. Fitt, E.R. Sujii,
S. Arpaia, A.N.E. Birch, A. Pallini, and R.E. Wheatley. 2006.
Supporting risk assessment of Bt cotton in Brazil: synthesis
and recommendations. In Environmental Risk Assessment
of Genetically Modified Organisms, Vol. 2: Methodologies for
Assessing Bt Cotton in Brazil, eds., A. Hilbeck, D.A.
Andow, and E.M.G. Fontes, 346-361. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
Baughman, M. J. 2006. Advocacy for the Renewable Resources
Extension Act. In Proceedings North American Natural Resources
Extension Forum: Building Capacity for Cross-Border Collaboration,
ed., J. E. Johnson, 73-82. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University.
Becker, D. R., M. Myers, and O. Pierson. 2006. Evaluation
of the current forestry law enforcement program and development
of a new forestry control program targeting illegal logging.
USDA-Forest Service Technical Assistance Mission, Republic
of Madagascar, Final Report to USAID Madagascar and the Jariala
Program.
Becker, D.R. and J. Viers. 2007. Matching the utilization
of the by-products of forest fuel reduction with community
development opportunities. In People, Fire and Forests:
A Synthesis of Wildfire Social Science, eds., T. Daniel,
C. Raish, M.S. Carroll, and C. Mosely.
Blinn, C.R. 2006. Introduction. In Forestry Cooperatives:
What Today’s Resource Professionals Need to Know,
comp., P. Jakes, 1-2. St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service, North
Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN.
Blinn, C.R. 2007. Riparian zone management– Terrestrial,
aquatic, and avian. In 2007 Northeast Forest Soils Conference
Proceedings, 22-25. July 29-August 4. Centre for Northern
Forest Ecosystem Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Brown, R.N., A.R. Ek, and M.A. Kilgore. 2007. An
assessment of dead wood standards and practices in Minnesota.
Staff Paper Series no. 189. St. Paul, MN: Department of Forest
Resources, University of Minnesota.
Capalbo, D.M.F., M.F. Simon, R.O. Nodari, S. Valle, R.F.
dos Santos, L. Coradin, J. de O. Duarte, J.E. Miranda, E.P.F.
Dias, L.Q. Quyen, E. Underwood, and K.C. Nelson. 2006. Consideration
of problem formulation and option assessment for Bt cotton
in Brazil. In Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically
Modified Organisms Vol. 2: Methodologies for Assessing Bt
Cotton in Brazil, eds., A. Hilbeck, D.A. Andow, and E.M.G.
Fontes, 67-92. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
Daniels, S., J. Greene, M. Jacobson, M. Kilgore, and T. Straka.
2006. How effective are forestry incentives. Southern
Loggin’ Times 35(11):28, 30–31.
Dhakal, N., K.C. Nelson, and J.L. Smith. 2006. Assessment
of resident wellbeing and perceived biodiversity impacts in
the Padampur resettlement, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Final Report, Padampur Resettlement Committee and Save the
Tiger Foundation, University of Minnesota Working Papers.
St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota.
Domke, G., A. Ek, M. Kilgore, S. Finley, B. Palik, and S.
Katovich. 2006. Financial incentives for practicing sustainable
forestry on private forest lands. In Our Woods Wild and
Working: Proceedings of the 2006 Society of American Foresters
National Convention. October 25-28, 2006. Bethesda, MD:
Society of American Foresters.
Ellefson, P., M. Kilgore, K. Skog, and C. Risbrudt. 2006.
Forest
products research and development organizations in a worldwide
setting: A review of structure, governance, and measures of
performance. Staff Paper no. 187. St. Paul, MN: Department
of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota.
Ellefson, P., M. Kilgore, K. Skog, and C. Risbrudt. 2007.
Forest products research and development organizations in
a worldwide setting: A review of structure, governance, and
measures of performance of organizations outside the United
States. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-175. Madison, WI:
USDA-Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
Finley, A.O., R.E. McRoberts, and A.R. Ek. 2006. A comparative
study of a new nearest neighbor variance estimator. In Proceedings
of the Nearest Neighbors Workshop. Aug. 28-30. University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. http://knn.gis.umn.edu/2006meeting
Frie, J., M. Kilgore, and C. Blinn. 2007. Identifying MN
family forest owners interested in forest land certification.
Technical report submitted to the MN Legislative-Citizen Commission
on Minnesota Resources.
Hoganson, H.M. 2007. Book review: This Land: Guide to the
National Forests, by R.H. Mohlenbrock. The Quarterly Review
of Biology 82(2):170.
(Hoganson contributer) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
2006. Final Environmental Impact Statement on UPM/Blandin
Paper Thunderhawk Project. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/environmentalreview/upm_blandin/index.html
Jacobson, M.G., T.J. Straka, J.L. Greene, M.A. Kilgore, and
S.E. Daniels. 2006. Financial incentives for practicing sustainable
forestry on private forest lands. In Our Woods Wild and
Working: Proceedings of the 2006 Society of American Foresters
National Convention. October 25-28, 2006. Bethesda, MD:
Society of American Foresters.
Johnson, J.F., D.N. Bengston, D.P. Fan, and K.C. Nelson.
2006. U.S. policy response to the fuels management problem:
An analysis of the public debate about the Healthy Forests
Initiative and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. In Fuels
Management—How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings,
comps., P.L. Andrews, and B.W. Butler, 59-66. March 28-30,
2008. Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO:
USDA-Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Johnson, J.F., D. Bengston, K.C. Nelson and D. Fan. 2006.
Defensible space in the news: Public discussion of a neglected
topic. In The Public and Wildland Fire Management: Social
Science Findings for Managers, tech. ed., S.M. McCaffrey,
169-174. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: USDA-Forest
Service, Northern Research Station.
Johnson, J.F., H. Shiraltpour, M.C. Monroe, K.C. Nelson,
and M. Payton. 2006. Working with neighborhood organizations
to promote wildfire preparedness. In The Public and Wildland
Fire Management: Social Science Findings for Managers,
tech. ed., S.M. McCaffrey, 151-162. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1.
Newtown Square, PA: USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research
Station.
Kapuscinski, A., G. Dana, K. Hayes, S. Li, K.C. Nelson, Y.K.
Nam, Z. Gong, R. Devlin, G. Mair, and W. Senanan. 2007. Risk
assessment of transgenic fish: Synthesis and conclusions.
Chpt. 10. In Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically
Modified Organisms, Vol. 3: Methodologies for Transgenic Fish,
eds., A. Kapuscinski, S. Li, K. Hayes, and G. Dana, 272-290.
Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.
Keefe, M., K.C. Nelson, and P. Jakes. 2006. Community wildfire
preparedness: Using social networks. Research Summary #8.
St. Paul, MN: College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource
Sciences, University of Minnesota.
Kilgore, M., J. Greene, M. Jacobson, S. Daniels, and T. Straka.
2006. Web site lists public and private financial incentive
programs for non-industrial private landowners. Technical
Release O6-R-28. Rockville, MD: Forest Resources Association
Inc.
Kilgore, M.A. 2006. Minnesota’s forest land prices
continue to rise. Woodland Advisors 2(4):1-3.
Kilgore, M.A., and A.R. Ek. 2007. Cumulative
forestry impact assessments: lessons learned and planning
for states. Staff Paper Series no.193. St. Paul, MN: Department
of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota.
Kilgore, M.A., S.A. Snyder, J. Schertz, and S.J. Taff. 2007.
Family forest owner perceptions and attitudes: Minnesota’s
Sustainable Forest Incentives Act. A report to the Blandin
Foundation. St. Paul, MN: Department of Forest Resources,
University of Minnesota.
Lang, E., K.C. Nelson, and P. Jakes. 2006. Working with community
leadership to promote wildfire preparedness. In The Public
and Wildland Fire Management: Social Science Findings for
Managers, tech. ed., S.M. McCaffrey, 137-150. Gen. Tech.
Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: USDA-Forest Service, Northern
Research Station.
Leahy, J., Z. Ma, A. Ednie, and M. Kilgore. 2007. Investigating
ways of increasing forest certification knowledge and positive
attitudes among family forest landowners in northern Minnesota.
Technical report submitted to the MN Legislative-Citizen Commission
on Minnesota Resources.
Monroe, M.C., K.C. Nelson, and M. Payton. 2006. Communicating
with homeowners in the interface about defensible space. In
The Public and Wildland Fire Management: Social Science
Findings for Managers, tech. ed., S.M. McCaffrey, 99-110.
Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: USDA-Forest Service,
Northern Research Station.
Mundell, J., S. Taff, M. Kilgore, and S. Snyder. 2007. Assessing
trends in forest parcelization and development in Minnesota:
An Itasca County case study. Staff Paper Series no.192.
St. Paul, MN: Department of Forest Resources, University of
Minnesota.
Nelson, K.C., and M.J. Banker. 2007. Problem Formulation
and Option Assessment Handbook: Science-guided multi-stakeholder
deliberation in ecological risk assessment of genetically
modified organisms, GMO-ERA Project, Handbook and CD.
Nelson, K.C., Z. Basiao, A. Cooper, M. Dey, M.L. Hernandez,
S. Kunawasen, S. Li, D. Fonticiella, B.D. Ratner, M.I. Toledo,
and W. Leelapatra. 2007. Problem formulation and options assessment
(PFOA): Science-guided deliberation in ecological risk assessment
of transgenic fish, Chpt. 2. In Environmental Risk Assessment
of Genetically Modified Organisms, Vol. 3: Methodologies for
Transgenic Fish, eds., A. Kapuscinski, S. Li, K. Hayes,
and G. Dana, 29-60. Oxfordshire, UK: Cabi Publishing.
Palik, B., R.D. Kastendick, S. Olszewski, E. Zenner, and
C. Blinn. 2007. Evaluating riparian timber harvesting guidelines.
In 2007 Northeast Forest Soils Conference Proceedings,
26-28. Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research, Thunder
Bay, Ontario. July 29-August 4.
Palik, B., R. Kolka, S. Eggert, C. Blinn, R. Newman, B Vondracek,
E. Merten, J. Hanowski, and J. Niemi. 2007. Revisiting riparian
areas in the Lake States: Long-term responses to different
management scenarios. In Advance Summaries of Presentations,
NCASI Northern Regional Meeting, Green Bay, WI, May 23–24.
Straka, T., J. Greene, S. Daniels, M. Jacobson, and M. Kilgore.
2006. Forestry incentive Programs. Forest Landowner
65:15–16.
Straka, T., J. Greene, S. Daniels, M. Kilgore, and M. Jacobson.
2006. National survey reveals forest owners prefer technical
assistance over financial incentives. South Carolina Forestry
4:1, 5.
Straka, T., M. Kilgore, M. Jacobson, S. Daniels, and J. Greene.
2006. Online forestry incentive programs. Forest Products
Equipment 15:16–19.
Straka, T., J. Greene, S. Daniels, M. Jacobson, and M. Kilgore.
2007. Forestry incentives: which do you find most effective?
Forest Products Equipment (15):25-29.
Straka, T., J. Greene, S. Daniels, M. Jacobson, and M. Kilgore.
2007. Box forestry incentive programs on the web. Progressive
Farmer, http://www.progressivefarmer.com/tabid/1263/Default.aspx
Straka, T.J., J.L. Greene, S.E. Daniels, M.G. Jacobson, and
M.A. Kilgore. 2006. Website lists incentive programs available
to non-industrial private forest owners. South Carolina
Forestry 9:7.
Minnesota Logger Education Program
Blinn, C.R. 2006. Timber sale design cross training curriculum.
Minnesota Logger Education Program.
Blinn, C.R., R. Hedburg, and R.A. Dahlman. 2006. Road layout
field exercise curriculum. Minnesota Logger Education Program.
Domke, G.M., A.S. Gupta, E.S. Sagor, and C.R. Blinn. 2007.
Forest measurements and statistics curriculum guide. Minnesota
Logger Education Program, Duluth, MN.
Domke, G.M., E.S. Sagor, C.R. Blinn, and D.W. Gilmore.
2007. Introduction to silviculture for loggers curriculum
guide. Minnesota Logger Education Program, Duluth, MN.
Gilmore, D., E.S. Sagor, and C.R. Blinn. 2006. Silviculture
curriculum. Minnesota Logger Education Program.
Hedburg, R., C.R. Blinn, and R.A. Dahlman. 2006. Cost-effective
wetlands crossing curriculum. Minnesota Logger Education
Program.
Sagor, E.S., C.R. Blinn, and D. Chura. 2007. Accessing
aerial photos, topographic maps and other online planning
tools. Curriculum Guide. Minnesota Logger Education Program,
Duluth, MN.
Sagor, E.S., G.M. Domke, A.S. Gupta, and C.R. Blinn. 2007.
Timber marking for loggers. Curriculum guide. Minnesota
Logger Education Program, Duluth, MN.
Sagor, E.S., G.M. Domke, A.S. Gupta, and C.R. Blinn. 2007.
Timber stand improvement (TSI) curriculum guide. Minnesota
Logger Education Program, Duluth, MN.
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Hydrology, Watershed Management,
and Water Quality
Brezonik, P.L., L.G. Olmanson, M.E. Bauer, and S.M. Kloiber.
2007. Measuring water clarity and quality in Minnesota lakes
and rivers: A census-based approach using remote sensing techniques.
CURA Reporter 37(2):3-13.
Gregersen, H.M., P.F. Ffolliott and K.N. Brooks. 2007. Integrated
Watershed Management: Connecting People to their Land and
Water. CABI Press.
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Resource Assessment, Monitoring
and Geospatial Analysis
Manson, S., and M. Bauer. 2006. Changing landscapes in the
Twin Cities metropolitan area. Center for Urban and Regional
Affairs, University of Minnesota. CURA Reporter 36(3):3-11.
McFadden, J.P., A.A. Balogun, M.E. Bauer, E.B. Peters, and
J. Wu. 2007. Controls on CO2 exchange in an urban-suburban
ecosystem in the northcentral United States. In AAG Annual
Meeting, Abstract 14813. San Francisco, CA.
McFadden, J.P., M.E. Bauer, J. Wu, A.A. Balogun, and E.B.
Peters. 2007. Quantifying the carbon budget of developed land
use in North America. In The U.S. North American Carbon
Program Investigators and Joint Canada-Mexico-USA Carbon Program
Planning Meeting, Abstract B.21. Colorado Springs, CO.
Rathbun, L, and T.E. Burk. 2007. Users
manual for the Minnesota harvest residue estimation model.
Staff Paper Series no. 190. St. Paul, MN: Department of Forest
Resources. University of Minnesota.
Shaffer, D. 2006. Report on Minnesota rivers comes now by
air: From 11,000 feet, a powerful sensor can detect subtle
changes in water quality along the length of a river. Feature
article, Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 5.
Vatsavai, R.R., T.E. Burk, and S.D. Lime. 2007. UMN MapServer:
An open source solution for web mapping applications. In Encyclopedia
of Geographical Information Science, eds., Shekhar, S.,
and Xiong, H. New York: Springer.
Vatsavai, R.R., S. Shekhar, and T.E. Burk. 2006. A spatial
semi-supervised learning method for classification of multi-spectral
remote sensing imagery. In Multimedia Data Mining–Special
Issue of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, eds., Zhang,
Z., F. Masseglia, R. Jain, and A. Del Bimbo, 49-55.
Wu, J. and M.E. Bauer. 2007. Resolving shadows in high resolution
satellite images for carbon studies in urban-suburban areas.
In 17th Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium Annual Conference.
Rochester, MN. (Abstract).
Wu, J., R.V. Hiller, J.P. McFadden, M.E. Bauer, and E.B.
Peters. 2007. Assessing carbon sequestration in turfgrass
systems with flux measurements and satellite imagery. In E3-2007:
The Midwest’s Premier Energy, Economic and Environmental
Conference. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota--Initiative
for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE) and Institute
on the Environment. (Abstract).
Yuan, F., and M.E. Bauer. 2006. Mapping impervious surface
area using high resolution imagery: A comparison of object-based
and per pixel classification. In Proceedings, American
Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference.
Reno, NV.
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Recreation Resource Management
Anderson, D.H. 2006. Managing landscapes for sustainable recreation
benefits. In 12th ISSRM Conference on: Social Science
and Resource Management: Global Challenges Local Responses,
University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, Canada.
Anderson, D.H. 2006. Managing parks: Visitor and community
benefits. In Best Practices for Parks and Outdoor Recreation
Summit. Minneapolis, MN: Arboretum.
Anderson, D.H., et al. 2006. Green infrastructure for Sherburne
County. Technical report prepared for US Fish & Wildlife
Service, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota. St.
Paul, MN: University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
Anderson, D.H., J. Bruskotter, and D.C. Fulton. 2007. Green
infrastructure planning in Sherburne County: Using the classroom
setting to empower students as citizens in a participatory
planning effort. In Abstracts: 13th Intl. Symp. on Society
and Resource Management: Landscape Continuity and Change-Social
Science Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Conversations.
Park City, UT.
Anderson, D.H., K.M. Flitsch, J.L. Thompson, and J.E. Leahy.
2006. Community benefits, place dependency, and trust: The
US Army Corps of Engineers Carlyle Lake Project. Technical
Report prepared for US Army Corps of Engrs. St. Paul, MN:
University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
Anderson, D.H., K.M. Flitsch, J.L. Thompson, and J.E. Leahy.
2006. Community benefits, place dependency, and trust: The
US Army Corps of Engineers Lake Shelbyville Project. Technical
Report prepared for US Army Corps of Engrs. St. Paul, MN:
University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
Anderson, D.H., K.M. Flitsch, J.L. Thompson, and J.E. Leahy.
2006. Community benefits, place dependency, and trust: The
US Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Project. Technical Report
prepared for US Army Corps of Engrs. St. Paul, MN: University
of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
Anderson, D.H., and K. Phillips. 2006. Impacts on individuals
of being featured in RTC Website stories. Technical Report
prepared for Renewing the Countryside, Inc. St. Paul, MN:
Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota.
Anderson, D.H., J. Schertz, and J.L. Thompson. 2007. Community-agency
relationships at Voyageurs National Park: Does trust matter?
In Abstracts, The George Wright Society Biennial Conference
on Parks, Protected Areas & Cultural Sites: Rethinking
Protected Areas in a Changing World. St. Paul, MN.
Anderson, D.H., S.W. Stanis, I.E. Schneider, and J.E. Leahy.
2007. Perceived importance of health benefits of recreation
areas: Comparisons between local residents & visitors.
In Abstracts: 13th Intl. Symp. on Society and Resource
Management: Landscape Continuity and Change-Social Science
Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Conversations. Park
City, UT.
Anderson, D.H., S.W. Stanis, I.E. Schneider, and J.E. Leahy.
2007. Do local and non-local visitors differ in the importance
they attach to on-site beneficial experiences? In Abstracts
of the National Recreation and Parks Association Congress
and Exposition. Indianapolis, IN.
Anderson, D. H., J. L. Thompson, and J. M. Schertz. 2006.
Voyageurs National Park 2005 community trust study. Technical
Report prepared for USDI National Park Service. St. Paul,
MN: University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
Baughman, M., and T. Serres. 2006. Trail design for small
properties. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension.
Enzler, S., and D.H. Anderson. 2007. Protecting ecosystems:
The case of the Florida Everglades. In Abstracts, The
George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected
Areas & Cultural Sites: Rethinking Protected Areas in
a Changing World. St. Paul, MN.
Muton, B.G., and D.H. Anderson. 2006. Roles and responsibilities
of communities in forest management decision-making: Case
study of the Bimbia-Bonadikombo Natural Resource Management
Council, Cameroon. In: 12th ISSRM Conference on: Social
Science and Resource Management: Global Challenges Local Responses,
University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, Canada.
Phillips, K., and D.H. Anderson. 2006. Impacts on people
featured in Renewing the Countryside publications. Technical
Report prepared for Renewing the Countryside, Inc. St. Paul,
MN: Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota.
Salk, R., and I.E. Schneider. 2007. Consumer profile of
visitors to Northwest Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: University
of Minnesota Tourism Center. (Series of 3 cluster reports)
Salk, R., and I.E. Schneider. 2006. Consumer profile of
the SPFA festivals. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota
Tourism Center. (series of 5 reports)
Schneider, I.E. 2007. Outdoor recreation resource profile
In Statewide Conservation Plan Preliminary Report. Prepared
for the LCCMR.
Schneider, I.E., N. Hinds, S. Stern, and J. Joannides. 2007.
Interest in and awareness of Green Routes. St. Paul, MN: University
of Minnesota Tourism Center.
Schneider, I.E., and N. Hinds. 2007. Consumer profile of
Winter Carnival. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Tourism
Center.
Schneider, I.E., and T. Schoenecker. 2006. Consumer profile
and economic impact of ATVs in Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: University
of Minnesota Tourism Center.
Schneider, I.E., S. Wilhelm, and J. Heisey. 2006. Cumulative
visitor report for Carlyle Lake & Lake Shelbyville: Experiences,
benefits, and values. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota,
Department of Forest Resources.
Schueiller, A., Schneider, I.E., & Salk, R. 2007. Consumer
profile of St. Paul 2007 festivals. St. Paul, MN: University
of Minnesota Tourism Center. (Series of 3 reports)
Thompson, J.L., D.H. Anderson, and J.M. Schertz. 2006. Place
dependence at Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. In: 12th
ISSRM Conference on: Social Science and Resource Management:
Global Challenges Local Responses, University of British
Columbia and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
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