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Research Topics
Vegetation Management: Goosenest Research Project
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Experimental Forests |
Fuel Reduction |
Garden of Eden |
Goosenest Research Project |
Long Term Soil Productivity
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Interdisciplinary Research on the Goosenest Adaptive Management Area
Little Horse Peak Research Project In the Goosenest Adaptive Management Area on the Klamath National Forest, the combined effects of fire suppression and differential cutting of pine have, over time, resulted in dense stands with a high proportion of white fir. The buildup of fuels including dense white fir understories has caused fire hazard to become so extreme that protection of remaining forest stands with late-successional attributes is virtually impossible. While many wildlife species have taken up residence in white fir infested pine forests, much of the habitat potential has been altered. Silvicultural treatments have the potential to accelerate development of late-successional attributes but the ecosystem responses to these treatments are untested.
Research is being conducted by:
Ecology and Management of Western Forests Influenced by Mediterranean Climate
(RWU-4155)
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