Proceedings of a Symposium on the Kings River 

Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Progress 

and Current Status 

January 26, 1998 Clovis, California 

Technical Editor: Jared Verner 

Contents 

Preface .......................................................................................................................... iii 

The Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: Inception, 

Objectives, and Progress .................................................................................... 1 

Jared Verner and Mark T. Smith 

A Landscape Analysis Plan ...................................................................................... 13 

Nancy E. Fleenor 

An Uneven-Aged Management Strategy: Lessons Learned .............................. 19 

Mark T. Smith and John D. Exline 

Fire-Return Intervals in Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Kings River 

Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project Area ................................................. 31 

Catherine Phillips 

Prescribed Burning in the Kings River Ecosystems Project Area: 

Lessons Learned .................................................................................................. 37 

David S. McCandliss 

The Teakettle Experiment ......................................................................................... 47 

Malcolm P. North 

Watershed Analysis ................................................................................................... 55 

Alan Gallegos 

Effects of Soil Disturbance on the Fundamental, Sustainable Productivity 

of Managed Forests ........................................................................................... 63 

Robert F. Powers 

Current Investigations of Fungal Ectomycorrhizal Communities in the 

Sierra National Forest ........................................................................................ 83 

Thomas D. Bruns, Annette M. Kretzer, Thomas R. Horton, 

Eric A-D. Stendell, Martin I. Bidartondo, and Timothy M. Szaro 

Seasonality and Abundance of Truffles from Oak Woodlands to Red 

Fir Forests ............................................................................................................. 91 

Malcolm P. North 

Pacific Southwest 

Research Station 

USDA Forest Service 

General Technical 

Report 

PSW-GTR-183 

April 2002 

i 
Contents 

Diets of California Spotted Owls in the Sierra National Forest ........................ 99 

Thomas E. Munton, Kenneth D. Johnson, George N. Steger, and 

Gary P. Eberlein 

Demography of the California Spotted Owl in the Sierra National Forest 

and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks .................................................. 107 

George N. Steger, Thomas E. Munton, Kenneth D. Johnson, and 

Gary P. Eberlein 

Environmental Factors Associated with Spotted Owl Reproduction .............. 117 

Malcolm P. North 

Abundance and Productivity of Birds Over an Elevational Gradient ............. 121 

Kathryn L. Purcell 

Small Mammal Populations and Ecology in the Kings River Sustainable 

Forest Ecosystems Project Area ........................................................................ 133 

William F. Laudenslayer, Jr. and Roberta J. Fargo 

Fisher Research in the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystems Project: 

Current Results and Future Efforts ................................................................. 143 

Brian B. Boroski, Richard T. Golightly, Amie K. Mazzoni, and 

Kimberly A. Sager 

ii USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-183. 2002.