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Do Giant Sequoias Regenerate in Large Crown Fire Patches?
1 Introduction The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), the world's most massive tree species, is a serotinous conifer (Harvey et al. 1980; Weatherspoon 1990; Harvey and Shellhammer 1991) for which seed release is almost exclusively triggered by fire. This evolutionary trait originated approximately 120–65 million years ago for modern conifer species, and much earlier for ancestor species (He et al. 2016; Lamont et al. 2019, 2020).
Is Wildfire Suppression in Giant Sequoia Groves a Problem, a Solution, or Neither?
1 Introduction The summer of 1910 was exceptionally hot, dry, and windy in the western United States and, unsurprisingly, it was a very large wildfire season. The largest of the 1910 wildfires spread across ~1.2 million ha of forest in the northern Rocky Mountains in just 2 days (Odion et al. 2014). In the aftermath of that fire season, U.S. federal land management agencies initiated a policy of wildfire suppression (Odion et al. 2014).
200 Cutacross Rd, Golden Valley, MN 55422, US
Investment Summary Net Operating Income (NOI) minus mortgage payments. Calculation: NOI - Mortgage Payments Monthly Cash Flow -$5,835 Capitalization Rate is a rate of return that compares the yearly Net Operating Income (NOI) to the market value. Calculation: NOI / Market Value Cap Rate 2.0% Annual Cash Flow / Cash Invested Calculation: Annual cash flow divided by initial cash invested. Cash-on-Cash Return -16.1% Net Operating Income (NOI) divided by total debt payments.
Reproduction of a Serotinous Conifer, the Giant Sequoia, in a Large High-Severity Fire Area
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A nature-based solution to restore and adapt western US dry forests to climate change
Nature effectively "managed" forests through millennia of major climate changes and episodes of natural disturbances (e.g., wildfires, droughts, bark-beetle outbreaks), so why would nature not now be best able to restore and adapt forests to climate change? We focused on this question while investigating lower-elevation dry forests of the western U.S. dominated by ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) or similar pines and dry mixed-conifer forests, in addition to other trees.
Harnessing Natural Disturbances: A Nature-Based Solution for Restoring and Adapting Dry Forests in the Western USA to Climate Change
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Countering false and omitted evidence of historically heterogeneous western US dry forests and mixed-severity fires
Evidence of forest structure and fires in pre-industrial dry forests—major forests covering ~26 million hectares (64 million acres) of the western U.S.—provides an essential historical baseline. Dry forests are dominated by ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) or similar pines, and mixtures of these pines with other trees. Wildfires in dry forests are now increasing and spilling over into communities, leaving questions about how natural these fires are and what should be done to prevent them.
Countering Omitted Evidence of Variable Historical Forests and Fire Regime in Western USA Dry Forests: The Low-Severity-Fire Model Rejected
4.1.2. Rebuttals of Critiques of the WB-Method, Omitted in H H said that papers that used the WB method “have suggested that densities and fire severities of dry forests were higher and more variable than previously thought (Table 3)…” [3] (p. 16), implying that WB-method estimates of tree density are erroneous and too high.
LETTER: Silence following Comets coach’s dismissal concerning
(Editor’s note: Mayville State athletic director Jay DeCann announced in a press release Nov. 1 that Comets men’s basketball coach Darren Tighe resigned following the team’s 0-2 start. University officials did not disclose a reason for his departure.) Dear President Van Horn: As an alumni of Mayville State University, I am writing today to add my voice to the long list of supporters for Coach Tighe.
Gulf of Mexico Oysters Have Motivated Home Builders: People
Oysters know how to make their ideal homes—from where to build their reefs to how tall and wide they need to be for optimal breeding, feeding, and protection from predators. Now humans are trying to unravel the mollusks’ real estate secrets. As the shellfish populations have declined because of changing ocean conditions, pollution, overharvest, and other problems, people have stepped in to build oyster reefs in hopes of giving the species a boost.
Combustion of Aboveground Wood from Live Trees in Megafires, CA, USA
Open AccessEditor’s ChoiceArticle by Mark E. Harmon 1,*, Chad T. Hanson 2 and Dominick A. DellaSala 3 1 Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA 2 The John Muir Project, Earth Island Institute, Big Bear City, CA 92314, USA 3 Wild Heritage, a Project of Earth Island Institute, 222 Joseph Drive, Talent, OR 97540, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Is “Fuel Reduction” Justified as Fire Management in Spotted Owl Habitat?
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Plan Unveiled for Restoring Florida's Apalachicola Bay and Its Oysters
Work should help once-thriving shellfish industry recover by expanding reef habitat and improving management Article November 16, 2021 Updated: November 16, 2021 By: Holly Binns & Chad Hanson Read time: Share Read Mode Navigate to: Plan Unveiled for Restoring Florida’s Apalachicola Bay and Its Oysters Editor’s note: This analysis was updated on Nov. 16, 2021 to reflect that the plan to restore Apalachicola Bay could be revised after implementation begins.
10 Strategies for Restoring Florida's Apalachicola Bay and Its Oysters
Public input on stakeholder-led plan can help revive ecosystem and reopen bay to wild oyster harvesting Article August 23, 2021 Share Read Mode 10 Strategies for Restoring Florida's Apalachicola Bay and Its Oysters Plans are underway to restore Florida’s most famous oyster bay, and local communities can weigh in on what should be done. Apalachicola Bay once accounted for 90% of all wild oysters harvested in the Sunshine State and 10% of those in the United States.
Restoring Apalachicola oysters
Restoring Apalachicola oysters Community can help shape new management plans to restore the bay Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 12:25 pm By CHAD HANSON Log In Already a subscriber? Register/Activate account If you subscribe to the newspaper, you already receive FREE access to all the exclusive content of the website. Click here to register your account. If you have any problems then please contact us at 877-401-6408.
New analysis finds Spotted Owls harmed by post-fire logging, not fire
Are forest fires a threat to the imperiled Spotted Owl? For years, different groups of scientists assumed so, but a new study turns this assumption on its head. Researchers from the John Muir Project, Pennsylvania State University, and Wild Nature Institute found that these previous studies consistently had a serious methodological flaw: they failed to take into account the impact of post-fire logging on Spotted Owls.
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