Contents
Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ecology of Piñon-Juniper Vegetation in the Southwest and Great Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Rex D. Pieper. (NM)
Southwestern U.S. Juniper Savanna and Piñon-Juniper Woodland Communities:
Ecological History and Natural Range of Variability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Brian F. Jacobs. (NM)
Growth and Yield of Southwest Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands: Modeling Growth and
Drought Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
John D. Shaw. (NM)
Description and Prediction of Individual Tree Biomass on Piñon (Pinus edulis) in
Northern New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mark Loveall and John T. Harrington. (UT)
A Native Plant Development Program for the Colorado Plateau (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Stephen B. Monsen. (UT)
Historic Vegetation Changes in Lincoln County, New Mexico: The Albuquerque
Banquet Presentation (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
E. Hollis Fuchs. (NM)
Insects and Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Drought Induced Tree Mortality and ­Ensuing Bark Beetle Outbreaks in ­Southwestern
Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Michael J. Clifford, Monique E. Rocca, Robert Delph, Paulette L. Ford, and Neil S. Cobb. (NM)
Piñon Pine Mortality Event in the S­ outhwest: An Update for 2005 (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
D. Allen-Reid, J. Anhold, D. Cluck, T. Eager, R. Mask, J. McMillin, S. Munson,
J. Negrón, T. Rogers, D. Ryerson, E. Smith, S. Smith, B. Steed, and R. Thier. (UT)
Attributes Associated With Probability of Infestation by the Piñon Ips, Ips ­confusus,
(Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in ­Piñon Pine, ­Pinus edulis (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
José F. Negrón and Jill L. Wilson. (UT)
Piñon Mortality from 2001 to 2005: Causes and Management Strategies (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Tom Eager. (NM)
Do Bark Beetle Sprays Prevent Phloeosinus species from Attacking Cypress and Juniper? (abstract). . . . 55
Chris Hayes, Tom DeGomez, Karen Clancy, Joel McMillin, John Anhold. (UT)
Hydrology and Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Impacts of Pinyon-Juniper Treatments on Water Yields: A Historical Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Peter F. Ffolliott and Cody Stropki. (NM)
Ecohydrology of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico:
Runoff, Erosion, and Restoration (extended abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Craig D. Allen. (NM)
Rainfall, Soil Moisture, and Runoff D
­ ynamics in New Mexico Piñón-Juniper
Woodland Watersheds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Carlos Ochoa, Alexander Fernald, and Vincent Tidwell. (UT)
Belowground Carbon Distribution in a Piñon—Juniper / Short Grass Prairie Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
John Harrington and Mary Williams. (UT)
Variation in Herbaceous Vegetation and Soil Moisture Under Treated and
Untreated Oneseed Juniper Trees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Hector Ramirez, Alexander Fernald, Andres Cibils, ­Michelle Morris,
Shad Cox, and Michael Rubio. (UT)
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Woodland Stand Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Variation Among Pinyon-Juniper ­Woodlands: A Cautionary Note (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Matthew A. Williamson. (UT)
Silviculture and Multi-Resource ­Management Case Studies for Southwestern Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands. . . . . . . . . 90
Gerald J. Gottfried. (NM)
Preliminary Thinning Guidelines Using Stand Density Index for the Maintenance
of Uneven-aged Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Douglas H. Page. (NM)
Effects of Invasive Plants on Public Land Management of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands in Arizona. . . . . 113
Patti Fenner. (NM)
A Demonstration Project to Test ­Ecological Restoration of a Pinyon-­Juniper Ecosystem. . . . . . . . . . . . 121
David W. Huffman, Michael T. Stoddard, Peter Z. Fulé,
W. Wallace Covington and H.B. Smith. (UT)
Removal of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands on the Colorado Plateau (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Michael Peters and Neil S. Cobb. (NM)
Mesa Prescribed Fire (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Scott Glaspie and Erik Rodin. (NM)
Mechanical Treatment Methods in the Piñon-Juniper Type (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Brent J. Racher. (NM)
Community Forestry and Cultural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Ecology and Management of Pinyon-­Juniper Ecosystems in the Bureau of ­Indian Affairs
Southwestern Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
John Waconda. (NM)
Diablo Trust Piñon-Juniper Restoration Sites: Restoring Structure to Woodlands
and Savannas (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Andrew Gascho Landis and John Duff Bailey. (UT)
Restoration of Juniper Savanna on the Pueblo of Santa Ana, Sandoval County,
New Mexico (extended abstract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Glenn Harper. (NM)
Why Is Cultural Resource Site Density High in the Piñon-Juniper Woodland? (extended abstract). . . . 146
Sarah Schlanger and Signa Larralde. (NM)
Range and Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Wildlife Management in Southwestern Piñon-Juniper Woodlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Jeffery C. Whitney. (NM)
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Grazing Management for Healthy Watersheds (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Karl Wood. (NM)
Piñon-Juniper Management Research at Corona Range and Livestock Research
Center in Central New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Andrés Cibils, Mark Petersen, Shad Cox, and Michael Rubio. (UT)
Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Uses of Pinyon and Juniper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Mark Knaebe. (NM)
Using Small Diameter Trees for Wood Fiber-Plastic Composites (extended abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Phil T. Archuletta. (NM)
Identifying Markets for Pinyon Pine in the Four Corners Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Kurt H. Mackes. (UT)
Energy from the Woodlands (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Jerry Payne. (NM)
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Ponderosa Pine Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Influence of Elevation on Bark Beetle Community Structure in Ponderosa Pine
Stands of Northern Arizona (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Andrew Miller, Kelly Barton, Joel McMillin, Tom DeGomez,
Karen Clancy, John Anhold. (UT)
Restoration Treatment Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Forest Restoration and Fuels Reduction in Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed
Conifer in the Southwest (abstract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Marlin Johnson. (UT)
The Effects of Hazardous Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface
on the Activity of Bark Beetles Infesting Ponderosa Pine (abstract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Christopher J. Fettig, Joel D. McMillin, John. A. Anhold, Shakeeb M. Hamud,
Steven J. Seybold and Robert R. Borys. (UT)
Restoration of the Ponderosa Pine ­Ecosystem and Its Understory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Lee E. Hughes. (UT)
Cheatgrass Encroachment on a ­Ponderosa Pine Ecological Restoration Project in
Northern Arizona, U.S.A. (abstract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Christopher M. McGlone, Judith D. Springer, and W. Wallace Covington. (UT)
Changes in Canopy Fuels and Fire ­Behavior After Ponderosa Pine ­Restoration
Treatments: A Landscape Perspective (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
J. P. Roccaforte and P.Z. Fulé. (UT)
Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: Implications and
Opportunities for Wildlife (abstract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Catherine S. Wightman and Steven S. Rosenstock. (UT)
Home Range and Habitat Selection ­Patterns of Mule Deer in a Restoration-Treated
Ponderosa Pine Forest (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
R. Fenner Yarborough and Catherine S. Wightman. (UT)
The Irrationality of Continued Fire ­Suppression: A Partial Analysis of the Costs and
Benefits of Restoration-Based Fuel Reduction Treatments vs. No Treatment (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
G.B. Snider and P.J. Daugherty. (UT)
Topics Common to Pinyon-Juniper and
Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Landscape-Level Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
A. Joel Frandsen. (UT)
Stand Level Impacts of Ips and ­Dendroctonus Bark Beetles in Pine ­Forest Types of
Northern Arizona (extended abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Joel McMillin, John Anhold and José Negrón. (UT)
Assessment of Drought Related Mortality in Pinyon-Juniper and Ponderosa Pine Forests
Using Forest Inventory and Analysis Data (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
John D. Shaw. (UT)
The Essence of Fire Regime—Condition Class Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
McKinley-Ben Miller. (UT)
Sustainable Development through Biomass Utilization: A Practical Approach (abstract). . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Ravi Malhotra. (UT)
Poster Presentation Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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