Rebuilt in recent summers after a severe 2006 flood, Mount Rainier National Park’s family-friendly Glacier Basin Trail is wide and offers easy hiking to memorable views. Read more about this hike here!
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A new study co-authored SEFS‘ Crystal Raymond finds that as much as 1/3 of the stored carbon in Washington’s forests will be lost to the atmosphere by 2040, as a result of climate change-induced increases in the area burned by wildfires. Read more here. Big trees three or more feet in diameter accounted for nearly half the biomass measured at a Yosemite National Park site, yet represented only 1 percent of the trees growing there. Jim Lutz, research scientist in Environmental and Forest Sciences, is lead author of a paper on the largest quantitative study yet of the importance of big trees in temperate forests. Read more here.
Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. This week, eight new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online, including seven open-access articles that relate to the ecology and management of the Northwest’s prairie-oak ecosystems. 1. Title: Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Bradley, Bethany A1; Blumenthal, Dana M.2; Early, Regan3; Grosholz, Edwin D.4; Lawler, Joshua J.5; Miller, Luke P.6; Sorte, Cascade J. B.7; D’Antonio, Carla M.8; Diez, Jeffrey M.9; Dukes, Jeffrey S.10,11; Ibanez, Ines9; Olden, Julian D.12 1. Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat Journal:FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
2. Title: Environmental History of a Garry Oak/Douglas-fir Woodland on Waldron Island, Washington (open access!) Authors: Dunwiddie, Peter W.1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1; Almaguer-Bay, Mitchell2; Sprenger, Carson B.2 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
3. Title: The Future of Restoration and Management of Prairie-Oak Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest (open access!) Authors: Dunwiddie, Peter W.1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
4. Title: Fire as a Restoration Tool in Pacific Northwest Prairies and Oak Woodlands: Challenges, Successes, and Future Directions (open access!) Authors: Hamman, Sarah T.1; Dunwiddie, Peter W.2; Nuckols, Jason L.3; McKinley, Mason1 1. Nat Conservancy Washington Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
5. Title: Use of Soil Properties to Determine the Historical Extent of Two Western Washington Prairies (open access!) Authors: Hegarty, Joshua1; Zabowski, Darlene1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
6. Title: Carbon Addition as a Technique for Controlling Exotic Species in Pacific Northwest Prairies (open access!) Authors: Mitchell, Rachel M.1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
7. Title: Fire History of a Douglas-Fir-Oregon White Oak Woodland, Waldron Island, Washington (open access!) Authors: Sprenger, Carson B.1; Dunwiddie, Peter W.2 1. Rain Shadow Consulting, Shaw Isl, WA Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
8. Title: Restoring Invaded Pacific Northwest Prairies: Management Recommendations from a Region-Wide Experiment (open access!) Authors: Stanley, Amanda G.1; Dunwiddie, Peter W.2; Kaye, Thomas N.1 1. Inst Appl Ecol, Corvallis, OR Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE The Washington Department of Natural Resources, along with researchers from the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, completed an assessment that suggests that we could use the “extra” biomass on the forest floor for fuel. This study was completed in March, and pubic meetings were held last week to explain the results of the assessment. Read more here. A Washington Department of Natural Resources study has concluded that up to 3 million tons of wood waste can be removed from the state’s forests for biofuels production without harming the ecosystem. This total is double the amount currently being removed. The report was a collaborative effort involving SEFS. Read more here. Washington’s forests are deteriorating so quickly the state commissioner of public lands says he’ll appoint an emergency panel to seek ways to stabilize the situation or reverse the decline. Jerry Franklin, professor of forest resources, is quoted. |
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