Forest of Time: A Century of Science at Wind River Experimental Forest

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180 { Index Adams, Thomas, 107–8 Advice on Silviculture (Cotta), 16 aesthetic principle, 120, 128, 148 agrarian model. See regeneration studies Agriculture, Department of, 14, 17, 19 alder, red, 93–94 Allen, Edward T., 20–21, 27, 51 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 14 Ames, Fred, 23–24, 30 Arboretum, Wind River, 35, 70, 72f, 75, 89–90, 149 AuCoin, Les, 136–37 Bailey, I. W., 65 balloon logging, 109, 110f bark beetle, 89, 95, 106 bears, 101 beetle-killed timber, 89, 95, 106 Bentham, Jeremy, 20 Better Douglas Fir Forests from Better Seed (Isaac), 90–91 biodiversity principle, 116–17, 127– 29, 133, 145. See also ecologyoriented approach bird studies, 145 blister rust, 133 Blue Mountains Experimental Forest, 67 board foot, defined, 10 Bond, Barbara, 141 Boundary Creek thinning study, 101 Brandstrom, Axel, 81–84 Brief History of Forestry (Fernow), 17 Briegleb, Phil, 88 Buck, C. J., 84 Buckman, Robert, 107, 117–18 building construction, 30f, 34f, 69, 70f Bull Run watershed, 30–31 Bureau of Forestry, early leadership, 17–21 cable logging, 10, 40 Camp Hemlock, 69 Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 122 canopy studies: biological diversity, 145; carbon dioxide movement, 141–43; crane acquisition/set-up, 136–39; dwarf mistletoe growth, 144–45; photosynthesis process, 141–42; structural complexities, 139–42; traditional perspective, 135–36; tree-climbing approach, 136; water uptake process, 143– 44 Capitol Forest, 148 carbon dioxide studies, 141–43, 146 Carey, Andrew, 126, 149 Cascade Head Experimental Forest, 67, 77 CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), 68–71 ceanothus, nitrogen studies, 133 cedar, western red, 6, 7 Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, 84 Chelan National Forest, 51 chemical fertilizers, 94, 102, 117 chestnut trees, 75 Childs, Thomas, 95 chronosequence-based studies, 147 cigarettes and wildfire, 63 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 68–71 Index { 181 Clapp, Earle, 50, 65–66 Clarke, Edward, 117 Clarke-McNary Act, 51 Clary, David, 88 Clean Air Acts, 126 clearcutting practices: Allen’s recommendations, 21; ecology arguments, 113, 116–17; economic arguments, 79–80, 88, 113, 125–26; Germany, 17; Hofmann’s theory, 48–49; lawsuits, 114; Munger’s advocacy, 30; public opinion, 80–81, 111; seedling comparisons, 40–41; snow melt studies, 46–47 Cleveland, Grover, 12 climate characteristics, 1, 6, 33 Clinton, Bill, 131 Columbia National Forest, 21, 24, 64–65, 97 Company 944, 68 computer models, 104, 116 Congress. See legislation Connaughton, Charles, 111 Cotta, Heinrich von, 15–16, 151, 154 Cowan, Charles, 13 cranes for canopy studies, 136–39 Crown Zellerbach, 114 Curtis, Robert, 59–60, 85, 126, 129–30 dead wood. See woody debris DeBell, Dean S.: background, 114; ecosystem studies with Franklin, 122–23, 153; harvest methods study, 112–13; on LateSuccessional Reserve designation, 132–33; mixed forest study, 108– 9; New Forestry management, 129–30; Wind River management plan, 118–20, 121 DEMO experiment, 147–48 diesel tractors, 81–82 District Six, described, 21 Division of Forest Investigations, 19 donkeys, steam, 10, 11, 12f Douglas, David, 7 Douglas fir, descriptions, 6–7. See also specific topics, e.g., canopy studies; regeneration studies drill equipment, seed planting, 33 dwarf mistletoe studies, 144–45 ecology-oriented approach: DEMO experiment, 147–48; fertilizer applications, 94; gap studies, 146– 47; Hofmann’s experience, 38; with interdisciplinary expertise, 127–29; Isaac’s slash burning studies, 76–77, 78; Northwest Forest Plan effects, 132–34; old-growth definition study, 119–20; organism-mechanistic models compared, 73–74; public awareness emergence, 111; Ruggerio publication, 120–21; scientific momentum for, 112–13, 115–19, 122–23, 125–30; spotted owl habitat, 124–25, 130–32 economic arguments: clearcutting, 79–80, 113, 125–26; in early science approach, 17–20; research funding, 51, 65–66; reserve creation, 12–13; selective cutting, 81–82. See also regeneration studies eddy correlation studies, 142–43 Eggleston, Nathaniel, 15 Emergency Conservation Work Act, 68 Endangered Species Act, 124, 127 environmental studies. See ecologyoriented approach 182 { Index epicormic branches, 140–41 European forestry, 15–16, 79, 151 even-aged management, as standard, 111–12. See also regeneration studies experimental forests, expansion of, 65–67 Felt, Margaret, 10 FEMAT (Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team), 131 Fernow, Bernhard E.: background, 15, 16; clearcutting controversy, 80; Cotta’s text, 151; forestry philosophy, 17–18; on forest studies, 14; mixed forest advocacy, 109; students of, 36 fertilizers, 94, 102–3, 117 field experiments, lab studies compared, 99, 104–5 Fire Danger Rating, 62 fires. See slash burning; wildfire floods...