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- Title: Synthesizing U.S. river restoration efforts.(ECOLOGY)
- Author: Bernhardt, E. S. ; Palmer, M. A. ; Allan, J. D. ; Alexander, G. ; Barnas, K. ; Brooks, S. ; Carr, J. ; Clayton, S. ; Dahm, C. ; Follstad - Shah, J. ; Galat, D. ; Gloss, S. ; Goodwin, P. ; Hart, D. ; Hassett, B. ; Jenkinson, R. ; Katz, S. ; Kondolf, G. M. ; Lake, P. S. ; Lave, R. ; Meyer, J. L. ; O'donnell, T. K. ; Pagano, L. ; Powell, B. ; Sudduth, E.
- Subjects: Databases -- Usage ; Restoration Ecology -- Research ; Restoration Ecology -- Analysis ; Restoration Ecology -- Observations ; Rivers -- Research ; Rivers -- Analysis ; Rivers -- Observations
- Is Part Of: Science, April 29, 2005, Vol.308(5722), p.636(2) [Peer Reviewed Journal]
- Title: Northwest Forest Plan, the first 10 years (1994-2003) first-decade results of the Northwest Forest Plan
- Uniform Title: First-decade results of the Northwest Forest Plan
- Author: Valerie Rapp
- Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
- Subjects: Northwest Forest Plan (U.S.) ; Forest management -- Northwest, Pacific ; Forest policy -- Northwest, Pacific ; Old growth forest conservation -- Northwest, Pacific ; Endangered species -- Northwest, Pacific ; Northern spotted owl -- Effect of forest management on -- Northwest, Pacific ; Biodiversity conservation -- Northwest, Pacific
"January 2008."
Mode of access: Internet via the USDA Forest Service web site. Address as of 12/11/08: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/pnw%5fgtr720/; current access available via PURL.
- Related Titles: Series: General technical report PNW ; 720.
- Publisher: Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
- Creation Date: 2008
- Title: Integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into forest biodiversity conservation in the Pacific Northwest
- Author: Charnley, Susan ; Fischer, A. Paige ; Jones, Eric T.
- Subjects: Traditional ecological knowledge ; Pacific Northwest forest management ; Biodiversity conservation ; American Indians ; Family forest owners ; Nontimber forest product harvesters
- Is Part Of: Forest Ecology and Management, 2007, Vol.246(1), pp.14-28 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
- Description: The potential for traditional and local ecological knowledge to contribute to biodiversity conservation has been widely recognized, but the actual application of this knowledge to biodiversity conservation is not easy. This paper synthesizes literature about traditional and local ecological knowledge and forest management in the Pacific Northwest to evaluate what is needed to accomplish this goal. We address three topics: (1) views and values people have relating to biodiversity; (2) the resource use and management practices of local forest users, and their effects on biodiversity; (3) models for integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into biodiversity conservation on public and private lands. We focus on the ecological knowledge of forest users belonging to three groups who inhabit the region: American Indians, family forest owners, and commercial nontimber forest product harvesters. We argue that integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into forest biodiversity conservation is most likely to be successful if the knowledge holders are directly engaged as active participants in these efforts. Although several promising models exist for how to integrate traditional and local ecological knowledge into forest management, a number of social, economic, and policy constraints have prevented this knowledge from flourishing and being applied. These constraints should be addressed alongside any strategy for knowledge integration. Also needed is more information about how different groups of forest practitioners are currently implementing traditional and local ecological knowledge in forest use and management, and what the ecological outcomes are with regard to biodiversity.
- Title: Risk assessment for biodiversity conservation planning in Pacific Northwest forests
- Author: Kerns, Becky K. ; Ager, Alan
- Subjects: Loss function ; Multiple threats ; Probabilistic ; Spatially explicit ; Uncertainty ; Tradeoffs
- Is Part Of: Forest Ecology and Management, 2007, Vol.246(1), pp.38-44 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
- Description: Risk assessment can provide a robust strategy for landscape-scale planning challenges associated with species conservation and habitat protection in Pacific Northwest forests. We provide an overview of quantitative and probabilistic ecological risk assessment with focus on the application of approaches and influences from the actuarial, financial, and technical engineering fields. Within this context, risk refers to exposure to the chance of loss and typically involves likelihood estimates associated with outcomes. Risk assessment can be used to evaluate threats and uncertainty by providing: (1) an estimation of the likelihood and severity of species, population, or habitat loss or gain, (2) a better understanding of the potential tradeoffs associated with management activities, and (3) tangible socioeconomic integration. Our discussion is focused on threats identified as important influences on forest biodiversity in the region: natural, altered, and new disturbance regimes, and alien and invasive species. We identify and discuss three key challenges and opportunities specific to these threats and quantitative and probabilistic approaches to risk assessment: (1) endpoint selection and calculation of net value change, (2) probability calculations and stochastic spatial processes, and (3) evaluation of multiple interacting threats. Quantitative and probabilistic risk assessment can help bridge the current gap between information provided by general assessment and planning procedures and the more detailed information needs of decision and policy makers. However, management decisions may still fail to win public approval because important risks and issues can be missed or perceived differently by stakeholders. Stakeholder involvement at the inception of a risk assessment can help attenuate these problems. Stakeholder involvement also provides opportunities to communicate information that can influence public risk perceptions and attitudes.
- Title: What's at stake in the Pacific Northwest salmon debate?
- Author: Gillis, Anna Maria
- Subjects: Salmon -- Protection And Preservation
- Is Part Of: BioScience, March, 1995, Vol.45(3), p.125(4) [Peer Reviewed Journal]
- Description: A cohesive plan to restore the salmon population in the Pacific Northwest needs to be adopted. However, such a plan should consider the views of all sectors with vested interests in salmon. Native Americans, fishermen, industries and environmental groups all want a salmon restoration plan.
- Identifier: ISSN: 0006-3568
- Source: Cengage Learning, Inc.
- Title: Toward efficient riparian restoration: integrating economic, physical, and biological models
- Author: Watanabe, Michio ; Adams, Richard M. ; Wu, JunJie ; Bolte, John P. ; Cox, Matt M. ; Johnson, Sherri L. ; Liss, William J. ; Boggess, William G. ; Ebersole, Joseph L.
- Subjects: Conservation targeting ; Spatially explicit models ; Water temperature ; Watersheds
- Is Part Of: Journal of Environmental Management, 2005, Vol.75(2), pp.93-104 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
- Description: This paper integrates economic, biological, and physical models to explore the efficient combination and spatial allocation of conservation efforts to protect water quality and increase salmonid populations in the Grande Ronde basin, Oregon. We focus on the effects of shade on water temperatures and the subsequent impacts on endangered juvenile salmonid populations. The integrated modeling system consists of a physical model that links riparian conditions and hydrological characteristics to water temperature; a biological model that links water temperature and riparian conditions to salmonid abundance, and an economic model that incorporates both physical and biological models to estimate minimum cost allocations of conservation efforts. Our findings indicate that conservation alternatives such as passive and active riparian restoration, the width of riparian restoration zones, and the types of vegetation used in restoration activities should be selected based on the spatial distribution of riparian characteristics in the basin. The relative effectiveness of passive and active restoration plays an important role in determining the efficient allocations of conservation efforts. The time frame considered in the restoration efforts and the magnitude of desired temperature reductions also affect the efficient combinations of restoration activities. If the objective of conservation efforts is to maximize fish populations, then fishery benefits should be directly targeted. Targeting other criterion such as water temperatures would result in different allocations of conservation efforts, and therefore are not generally efficient.
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- Title: Restoring the Pacific Northwest : the art and science of ecological restoration in Cascadia
- Author: Dean Apostol ; Marcia Sinclair ; Society for Ecological Restoration International.
- Subjects: Restoration ecology -- Northwest, Pacific
- Description: Northwest environmental geography and history / Dean Apostol -- Ecological restoration / Dean Apostol -- Buchgrass prairies / Marcia Sinclair ... [et al.] -- Oak woodlands and Savannas / Paul E. Hosten ... [et al.] -- Old-growth conifer forest / Jerry F. Franklin ... [et al.] -- Riparian woodlands / Dean Apostol and Dean Rae Berg -- Freshwater wetlands / John van Staveren, Dale Groff, and Jennifer Goodridge -- Tidal wetlands / Ralph J. Garono, Erin Thompson, and Fritzi Grevstad -- Ponderosa pine and interior forests / Stephen F. Arno and Carl E. Fiedler -- Shrub Steppe / Steven O. Link, William H. Mast, and Randal W. Hill -- Mountains / Regina M. Rochefort ... [et al.] -- Urban natural areas / Mark Griswold Wilson and Emily Roth -- Stream systems / Jack E. Williams and Gordon H. Reeves -- Landscape and watershed scale / Dean Apostol ... [et al.] -- Restoring wildlife populations / Bruce H. Campbell ... [et al.] -- Managing Northwest invasive vegetation / David F. Polster, Jonathan Soll, and Judith Myers -- Traditional ecological knowledge and restoration practice / Rene Senos ... [et al.].
- Related Titles: Series: Science and practice of ecological restoration.
- Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press
- Creation Date: c2006
- Title: Water quality trends in the Entiat River Watershed : 2007-2010
- Author: Richard D Woodsmith ; Pamela K Wilkins ; Andy Bookter ; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
- Subjects: Water quality management -- Washington (State) -- Entiat River Watershed ; Riparian restoration -- Washington (State) -- Entiat River Watershed ; Water quality -- Washington (State) -- Entiat River Watershed -- Measurement ; Habitat conservation -- Washington (State) -- Entiat River Watershed ; Pacific salmon -- Habitat -- Washington (State) -- Entiat River Watershed ; Entiat River Watershed (Wash.)
- Description: A large, multiagency effort is underway in the interior Columbia River basin (ICRB) to restore salmon, trout, and char listed as threatened or endangered under the 1973 federal Endangered Species Act. Water quantity and quality are widely recognized as important components of habitat for these depleted salmonid populations. There is also broad concern about maintaining a high-quality water supply for other societal and ecosystem uses. A particularly active salmonid habitat restoration program is being conducted in the Entiat River, which drains a portion of the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains in central Washington state. There, routine monitoring by the Washington Department of Ecology identifies pH and water temperature as water quality parameters of concern. In response, the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station is testing a more intensive approach to water quality monitoring that uses multiparameter data-logging instruments at four locations to measure fundamental water quality parameters (pH, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and specific conductivity). This report presents results from the first 4 years of the study and discusses variation in water quality parameters with season, river discharge, and location. We demonstrate that unattended data-logging instruments effectively provide high-resolution data, which facilitate identification of forcing mechanisms such as direct solar radiation, air temperature, and river discharge. Results complement ongoing, broad-scale salmon recovery monitoring by quantifying concurrent changes in water quality. Although exploratory in nature, this study can inform future, more intensive monitoring programs.
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"May 2013."
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- Related Titles: Series: Research note PNW ; 569.
- Publisher: Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
- Creation Date: 2013
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