Silviculture in Special Places:
Proceedings of the 2003 National Silviculture Workshop
September 8-11, 2003
Granby, Colorado
Contents*
*Papers from workshop speakers are published here in the order in which presentations appeared on the
workshop agenda.
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Past, Present, and Future Role of Silviculture in Forest Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Russell T. Graham and Theresa Benavidez Jain
A Collaborative Fire Hazard Reduction/Ecosystem Restoration Stewardship
Project in a Montana Mixed Ponderosa Pine/Douglas-Fir/Western Larch
Wildland Urban Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Steve Slaughter, Laura Ward, Michael Hillis, Jim Chew, Rebecca McFarlan
Silvicultural Activities in Pringle Falls Experimental Forest, Central Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Andrew Youngblood, Kim Johnson, Jim Schlaich, and Boyd Wickman
Enhancing Moist Forest Restoration Opportunities in Riparian Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Theresa Benavidez Jain and Russell T. Graham
Silvics and Silviculture in the Southwestern Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Gerald J. Gottfried
A Prescription for Old-Growth-Like Characteristics in Southern Pines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Don C. Bragg
Spatial Distribution of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings Along Environmental
Gradients Within Burned Areas in the Black Hills, South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
V.H. Bonnet, A.W. Schoettle, and W.D. Shepperd
The Cutting Methods Demonstration Study at Fraser Experimental Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Wayne D. Shepperd, Lance A. Asherin, Stephen A. Mata, and Douglas L. McClain
Silviculture in Cooperation With Hunters: The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative . . . . . . 110
Scott Reitz, Andrea Hille, and Susan Stout
Restoring the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: The Role of Container Seedling Technology . . . . . 127
James P. Barnett
Restoration and Management of Eastern White Pine Within High Blister Rust
Hazard Zones in the Lake States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
S. A. Katovich, J. G. O’Brien, M. E. Mielke, and M. E. Ostry
Developing Proactive Management Options to Sustain Bristlecone and Limber
Pine Ecosystems in the Presence of a Non-Native Pathogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
A. W. Schoettle
Long-Term Sustainability in Davis Late Successional Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Jim Stone and Joan Kittrell
Development of a Protocol for the Ecological Assessment of a Special Species . . . . . . . . . 164
David Burton
Composition and Development of Reproduction in Two-Age Appalachian
Hardwood Stands: 20-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Gary W. Miller, James N. Kochenderfer, and Desta Fekedulegn
Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Habitat Restoration in the Interior Highlands: Implications
for Stand Growth and Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
James M. Guldin, John Strom, Warren Montague, and Larry D. Hedrick
The North American Long-Term Soil Productivity Experiment: Coast-to-Coast
Findings From the First Decade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Robert F. Powers, Felipe G. Sanchez, D. Andrew Scott, and Deborah Page-Dumroese
Caring for a Wild and Scenic River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Kris Hazelbaker
Is Forest Structure Related To Fire Severity? Yes, No, and Maybe: Methods
and Insights in Quantifying the Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Theresa Benavidez Jain and Russell T. Graham
Lessons Learned in 84-Year-Old Plots at Looking-Glass Rock, North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . 235
David L. Loftis, W. Henry McNab, Erik C. Berg, and Ted M. Oprean
Poster Abstracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Attendees of the 2003 National Silviculture Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246