Managing Sierra Nevada forests
By: Malcolm North, editor
Contributors: Pacific Southwest Research Station
Series: General technical report PSW -- GTR-237; General technical report PSW -- 237.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Albany, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Forest management
Description: There has been widespread interest in applying new forest practices based on concepts presented in U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-220, "An Ecosystem Management Strategy for Sierran Mixed-Conifer Forests." This collection of papers (PSW-GTR-237) summarizes the state of the science in some topics relevant to this forest management approach, presents case studies of collaborative planning efforts and field implementation of these new practices, and clarifies some of the concepts presented in GTR 220. It also describes a method for assessing forest heterogeneity at the stand level using the Forest Vegetation Simulator and a new geographic information system tool for project level planning that classifies a landscape into different topographic categories. While this collection of papers presents information and applications relevant to implementation, it does not offer standards and prescriptions. Forest management should be flexible to adapt to local forest conditions and stakeholder interests. This report does, however, strive to clarify concepts and present examples that may improve communication with stakeholders and help build common ground for collaborative forest management.
Notes: Format not distributed to depository libraries.

"March 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Fire and fuels reduction; title: Forest health and bark beetles; title: Climate change and the relevance of historical forest conditions; title: Fishes and American martens; title: California spotted owls; title: Managing forests for wildlife communities; title: Developing collaboration and cooperation; title: Using GTR 220 to build stakeholder collaboration; title: Marking and assessing forest heterogeneity; title: Geographic information system landscape analysis using GTR 220 concepts; title: Dinkey north and south project; title: The variable-density thinning study at Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest; title: Applying GTR 220 concepts on the Sagehen Experimental Forest; title: Clarifying concepts; title: A desired future condition for Sierra Nevada forests.