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VegTools Related Links
The following are links to other websites on the Internet related to the VegTools subject matter.
Science, Data, and Monitoring Related Links
Forest Service
- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station – scientists and their research.
- USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry, Northeastern Area – forest management, forest health protection, fire management, information management and analysis, grants.
- USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station – online publications.
- USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station – publications and software.
- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station – publications.
- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station – listing of all publications printed.
- USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station – publications.
- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station – publications.
- USDA Forest Service Publications Online - a page on the Southern Research Station's website providing for search of online publications.
- USDA Forest Service Library Catalog - a search engine for the Forest Service database of publications.
- Elementary Forest Sampling - a basic guide for forest sampling concepts and procedures.
- Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Ecological Restoration: Conference Proceedings, April 16-18, 2002, Fort Collins, CO (PDF, 12.5 mb) - conference proceeedings from a Joint Fire Science research project at Colorado State University looking at the status of our knowledge regarding fire regimes and fuel treatments. Proceedings RMRS-P-29. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 475 p.
- Forest Encyclopedia Network – the Encyclopedia of Southern Forest Science. This site contains a wealth of information about understanding the ecology and management of Southern forest ecosystems and their enjoyment and use by people.
- Hemlock Wooly Adelgid - a USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry website. This introduced insect, believed to be a native of Asia, is a serious pest of eastern hemlock and Carolina hemlock.
- Mixed Severity Fire Regimes: Ecology and Management Conference Proceedings - posters, presentations, and papers presented at the conference in November 17-19, 2004, in Spokane, Washington.
- Statistical Techniques for Sampling and Monitoring Natural Resources (RMRS-GTR-126)
Other Agencies and Governmental Organizations
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Planning Related Links
Forest Service
Other Agencies and Governmental Organizations
- Adaptive Management Area Network Homepage- Adaptive Management Areas are landscape units designated to encourage the development and testing of technical and social approaches to achieving desired ecological, economic, and other social objectives. Ten areas ranging from about 92,000 to nearly 500,000 acres of federal lands have been identified in western Oregon and Washington and northwestern California.
- cleanwater.gov, Restoring and Protecting America's Watersheds - a unified federal policy for ensuring a watershed approach to federal land and resource management.
- Cooperative Extension & Research Programs - an ongoing research, extension and public outreach program focusing on Wood Durability, Fire Mitigation, and Woody Biomass Utilization on the University of California's Forest Products Laboratory.
- Fort Lewis College's Community & Ecosystem Stewardship - assists rural communities, state, and federal agencies by facilitating and coordinating project planning and stewardship.
- Human-Environment Research Laboratory - a website of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The mission of the Lab is to generate information about human-environment relationships to guide policy, planning, and design of environments.
- San Juan Public Lands, Plan for the Future - a joint effort of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management covering some 2.5 million acres of National Forest and BLM lands in southwestern Colorado for the next 10 to 15 years.
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Forest Engineering Inc. - provides solutions to complex forestry problems. Forest Engineering Inc. designs and implements a variety of techniques for forestry operations to meet physical, economic, and environmental goals. They also offer a wide variety of training for people involved in the areas of planning, engineering, and the operation of harvesting systems.
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Business Related Links
Forest Service
- USDA Forest Service Cooperative Forestry - the Cooperative Forestry Staff of the Forest Service works with States, private landowners, and other partners to promote healthy forests and livable communities throughout the United States. Our programs and partnerships help private landowners and rural communities care for their forests, strengthen local economies, and maintain a high quality of life.
- Large Scale Watershed Restoration - link to Forest Service website with information regarding ongoing large scale watershed projects on the National Forests. These projects involve 16 major watersheds in the United States. The goals of these projects are natural resource conservation and watershed restoration.
- Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) - the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin, with more than 250 scientists and support staff conduct research on expanded and diverse aspects of wood use.
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Community Collaboration Related Links
Forest Service
- USDA Forest Service Cooperative Forestry - the Cooperative Forestry Staff of the Forest Service works with States, private landowners, and other partners to promote healthy forests and livable communities throughout the United States. Our programs and partnerships help private landowners and rural communities care for their forests, strengthen local economies, and maintain a high quality of life.
- Forest Products Laboratory: Other Resources - links to FPL library, work unit websites, and other information and directories.
- USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, State and Private Forestry, Rural Community Assistance - The Forest Service is committed to strengthening rural America through forest resources and related natural resources opportunities, which means we are also committed to working in partnership with others in the public sector (Federal, tribal, state, and local) and private sector (profit and nonprofit organizations).
- Cooperative Forestry Weekly Information Summary - the national web site for Cooperative Forestry.
- Eco-Watch Dialogues - your chance to discuss emerging Forest Service issues, policy, and law in forest and rangeland ecosystem management.
- National Report on Sustainable Forests - this site contains the current draft of the National Report on Sustainable Forests for the United States.
- Sustainable Resource Management Homepage
Other Agencies and Governmental Organizations
- Canadian Model Forest Network - addresses the challenge of balancing the extensive range of demands that we place on our forests today, and the needs of tomorrow's generations. Each model forest serves as a demonstration of partners representing a diversity of forest values, working together to achieve sustainable forest management.
- Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management - a cooperative between the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products at Virginia Tech and its industry partners that seeks to help companies remain competitive through its marketing of products as well as its management of people and production.
- Forest Sustainability Indicator Tools for Communities (2003) - a joint project between the U.S. Forest Service, American Forests, and Sustainable Measures, Inc. It is intended to serve as an indicator 'tool kit' for forest-based communities that are working on maintaining and enhancing their natural resources as a basis for long-term economic, social and environmental health.
- Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia - makes mediation and consensus building services available to governments, citizen organizations and businesses dealing with conflicts and complex policy choices related to land use and the natural and built environments.
- Pinchot Institute for Conservation- a non-profit natural resource policy, research, and education organization dedicated to leadership in conservation thought, policy and action.
- Partnership Resource Center - a partnership developed through the shared vision of the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the USDA Forest Service.
- Public Agency Handbook on Sustainability - some answers to key questions about sustainability.
- Quincy Library Group - The "Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 1997" directed the "Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot project on designated lands within Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests in the State of California to demonstrate the effectiveness of the resource management activities proposed by the Quincy Library Group and to amend current land and resource management." (H.R.858 and S.1028)
- Roundtable on Sustainable Forests - an inclusive partnership of public and private organizations and individuals, promoting the national goal of sustainable forests.
- Southern Sustainable Forests Alliance - helps private landowners make better and more informed choices about how they manage their forests.
- Sustainability Practices, Jobs, and Distressed Communities in the Pacific Northwest (PDF) - "an overview of how the adoption of sustainable practices can affect the Pacific Northwest.
- Sustainability and the Financial Sector - a document that outlines some of the challenges facing the Oregon region's financial community regarding its contribution to "sustainable development."
- A Template for Resource Productivity/Sustainability Programs In Forest Products Manufacturing Facilities (PDF) - intended for use by any forest products firm interested in applying resource productivity/sustainability programs and practices.
- The Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership - an alliance of 19 environmental and governmental organizations dedicated to researching and demonstrating community based approaches to forest ecosystem restoration in the ponderosa pine forests surrounding Flagstaff, Arizona.
- U.S. Department of Energy's Smart Communities Network - information and services regarding how communities can adopt sustainable development as a strategy for well-being.
- U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution - assists parties in resolving environmental conflicts around the country that involve federal agencies or interests.
- Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) - a state-federal partnership working with the people and resources in the west delivering State and Private Forestry Programs.
Non-Governmental Organizations
- American Forests - a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests.
- Community and Ecosystem Stewardship - "What is community-public land stewardship?"
- Community Based Collaboratives Research Consortium (CBCRC) - a network of researchers, mediators and facilitators, government agencies, community groups, environmental groups seeking to understand and assess local collaborative efforts involving natural resources and community development.
- Communities Committee of the Seventh American Forest Congress - purpose of the committee is to focus attention on the interdependence of America's forests and the vitality of rural and urban communities.
- Community Forestry Resource Center (CFRC) - established by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, promotes responsible forest management by encouraging the long-term health and prosperity of small, privately-owned woodlots, their owners and their communities.
- Context and Background for Local Government Sustainable Development Initiatives - intended to provide a context for, and prepare the reader to use a companion document entitled A Template for Local Government Sustainable Development Initiatives.
- Forest Community Research - a non-profit organization advancing community well-being and community-based approaches to ecosystem management.
- Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Partnership - an organization that links forest restoration and rural economies in the Pacific Northwest.
- Indigenous Community Enterprises - developing culturally compatible housing and employment opportunities in Native American communities through the restoration of traditional use lands.
- International Network of Forests and Communities - an organization that promotes the concept of "ecological governance".
- Just Plain Good Business (PDF) - the economic and environmental benefits of sustainability as exemplified by one hundred sixty case examples.
- The Community Forestry Resource Center - established by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes responsible forest management by encouraging the long-term health and prosperity of small, privately owned woodlots, their owners, and their communities.
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Techniques Related Links
Forest Service
Other Agencies and Governmental Organizations
- Central Oregon Partnerships for Wildfire Risk Reduction (COPWRR) - a project of the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, funded by the USDA-Forest Service Economic Action Program, in support of the National Fire Plan.
- Bioenergy and Watershed Restoration in the Mountainous regions of the West: What are the Environmental/Community Issues?
- Canadian Model Forest Network Toolbox - practical approaches to sustainable forest management (SFM).
- Ecosystem Restoration - a website devoted to the restoration of disturbed lands.
- Field Guide to Best Management Practices for Timber Harvesting in Kentucky - Regulatory Requirements All Silvicultural Operations.
- Florida Forestry Information - provide some forest management background and guidance to forest landowners, with emphasis on timber production and associated enterprises.
- Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada - a private, non-profit research and development organization whose goal is to improve Canadian forestry operations related to the harvesting and transportation of wood, and the growing of trees, within a framework of sustainable development.
- Healthy Forests and Rangelands - portal to information about the National Fire Plan (NFP), Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI), and related initiatives.
- Idaho Forest Products Commission - assure balanced and sustained timber, wildlife, recreation and scenic beauty for the welfare of the state's citizens.
- Illinois Forestry Best Management Practices - practices that protect our forest, soil, and water resources while allowing appropriate use of the resources.
- National Association of State Foresters - a non-profit organization that represents the directors of the State Forestry agencies forty-nine states, eight U.S. territories (American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the District of Columbia.
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Timber Harvesting Guidelines - guidelines dealing with problems caused by soil erosion, siltation and inattention to aesthetics.
- South Carolina Forestry Commission Forest Management - the Forestry Commission's professional foresters assist landowners in growing timber, aid industries in more efficient utilization of the timber resource, and foster conservation and multiple use of the forest resource.
- University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service - fact sheet briefly describes how trees used for wood products are valued and measured.
- USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, Fire Management - responsible for overall staff direction for the Service Fire Management program.
- USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, Initiatives & Reports - information about wildland fire air quality modeling, monitoring, estimation, alternatives, and other burning issues.
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Indigenous Community Enterprises, Navajo Hogan/Roundwood Manufacturing Project - developing culturally compatible housing & employment opportunities in Native American communities through the restoration of traditional use lands.
- Forest Engineering Inc. - provides solutions to complex forestry problems. Forest Engineering Inc. designs and implements a variety of techniques for forestry operations to meet physical, economic, and environmental goals. They also offer a wide variety of training for people involved in the areas of planning, engineering, and the operation of harvesting systems.
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