USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges: Research for the Long Term

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Grand Experiment: USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges....Pages 3-23
Forest Service Experimental Forests and Long-term Data Sets: Stories of Their Meaning to Station Directors....Pages 25-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
The Value of Old Forests: Lessons from the Reynolds Research Natural Area....Pages 61-84
Restoring a Legacy: Longleaf Pine Research at the Forest Service Escambia Experimental Forest....Pages 85-101
Northeastern Conifer Research: Multiple Species and Multiple Values....Pages 103-127
Interdisciplinary Research on the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest....Pages 129-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Uneven-Aged Management After a Half-Century of Research on the Forest Service Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia....Pages 149-171
The Monongahela Clearcutting Controversy: Scientists and Land Managers Develop an Alternative Practice on the Fernow Experimental Forest....Pages 173-199
Development of the Selection System in Northern Hardwood Forests of the Lake States: An 80-Year Silviculture Research Legacy....Pages 201-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The Starkey Experimental Forest and Range: Long-Term Research to Meet the Needs of Managers....Pages 227-249
Evolution of a Short-Term Study of Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe Vectors that Turned Into a Long-Term Study of the Remarkable Gray Jay on the Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado 1982–2009....Pages 251-270
Subterranean Termite Control Examinations on Current and Former Experimental Forests and Ranges....Pages 271-281
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Cycles of Research at Fort Valley, Arizona, Our First Forest Experiment Station....Pages 285-310
Contributions of Studies on Experimental Forests to Hydrology and Watershed Management....Pages 311-340
A History of Watershed Research in Experimental Forests of the Interior Highlands....Pages 341-366
Research Related to Roads in USDA Experimental Forests....Pages 367-385
The Role of Experimental Forests and Ranges in the Development of Ecosystem Science and Biogeochemical Cycling Research....Pages 387-403
Evolution of Soil, Ecosystem, and Critical Zone Research at the USDA FS Calhoun Experimental Forest....Pages 405-433
Research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest Has Advanced Understanding of Tropical Forests and Resolved Management Issues....Pages 435-461
The Discovery of Acid Rain at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: A Story of Collaboration and Long-term Research....Pages 463-482
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
One-Hundred Years of Wildfire Research: A Legacy of the Priest River, Deception Creek, and Boise Basin Experimental Forests of Idaho....Pages 485-513
The Fire Research Program at the Silas Little Experimental Forest, New Lisbon, New Jersey....Pages 515-534
Front Matter....Pages 535-535
The Key Roles of Four Experimental Forests in the LTSP International Research Program....Pages 537-563
Networked Science Among Experimental Forests and Ranges: Past Experience and a Vision for the Future....Pages 565-582
Front Matter....Pages 583-583
Social Science Research at Experimental Forests and Ranges....Pages 585-607
Public Use and Citizen Outreach at Experimental Forests and Ranges....Pages 609-629
Expanding the Vision of the Experimental Forest and Range Network to Urban Areas....Pages 631-650
Front Matter....Pages 651-651
The Future of USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges....Pages 653-659
Back Matter....Pages 661-672