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Managing Dry Forest Northern Spotted Owl Habitat: The Beginnings of a Landscape Approach

Managing Dry Forest Northern Spotted Owl Habitat: The Beginnings of a Landscape Approach Jerry Franklin Norm Johnson. Lack of action to reduce likelihood of uncharacteristic fire.

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Managing Dry Forest Northern Spotted Owl Habitat: The Beginnings of a Landscape Approach

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  1. Managing Dry Forest Northern Spotted Owl Habitat: The Beginnings of a Landscape Approach Jerry Franklin Norm Johnson

  2. Lack of action to reduce likelihood of uncharacteristic fire

  3. Major goal: Move as much of the forest as possible toward a structurally complex ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest as rapidly as possible, while recognizing tribal interests in increased habitat for deer and elk and other wildlife and fish and other values. Components include: 1) large trees, 2) a spatially complex pattern of stand structural units (large tree groves and patches of dense regeneration, 3) coarse wood (snags and down logs), and 4) a well developed understory community of herbs and shrubs. From: Interforest Report

  4. Harold Weaver scaling logs on Ya Whee Plateau, 1929.

  5. “This stand near Badger Creek, Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon, is typical of vast areas of the ponderosa-pine region, where, as a result of total fire exclusion, dense even-aged stands of Douglas-fir reproduction are monopolizing the ground under the mature ponderosa pine.” Weaver, Harold. 1943. Fire as an ecological and silvicultural factor in the ponderosa pine region of the Pacific Slope. Jour. Forestry 41:7-15.

  6. “It is obvious that the present policy of attempting complete protection of ponderosa-pine stands from fire raises several very important problems. If ponderosa-pine is desired on vast areas how, unless fire is employed, can other species such as white fir be prevented from monopolizing the ground? Even with unlimited funds, personnel, and equipment, can they give reasonable assurance that they can continue to keep such extremely hazardous stands from burning up?” Weaver, Harold. 1943. Fire as an ecological and silvicultural factor in the ponderosa pine region of the Pacific Slope. Jour. Forestry 41:7-15.

  7. “The present deplorable and increasingly critical conditions in vast areas of the region are proof that foresters have not solved the silvicultural problems of ponderosa pine, and to continue present policies will further aggravate an already serious situation. This article represents the author’s views only and is not to be regarded in any way as an expression of the attitude of the Indian Service on the subject discussed.” Weaver, Harold. 1943. Fire as an ecological and silvicultural factor in the ponderosa pine region of the Pacific Slope. Jour. Forestry 41:7-15.

  8. Harold Weaver in prescribed burn area, 1958

  9. Historical comparison of PP/MC Total volume 2006: 6.26 billion Annual growth: 95 million (55 pp, 5 sp, 23 wf, 10 lp) Growth % 1.4 3.0 2.7 3.3 1910 est from Wilcox and Mezger 1954.

  10. Reference Conditions

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