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Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Update, "Second-Growth Forests and Habitat Diversity" (Issue 1, May 2002).
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Findings, " Biodiversity and Intentional Management: Intentional Pathways" (Issue 9, November 1998).
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Findings, "Wisdom from the Little Folk: The Forest Tales of Birds, Squirrels, and Fungi" (Issue 16, July 1999).
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Findings, "If You Take a Stand, How Can You Manage an Ecosystem? The Complex Art of Raising a Forest" (Issue 27, September 2000).
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Findings, "Squirrels Cannot Live on Truffles Alone: A Closer Look at a Northwest Keystone Complex" (Issue 60, January 2004).
Forests for Watersheds & Wildlife is the national habitat conservation program of the American Forest Foundation which works with partners and family forest owners to conserve and create critical habitat for imperiled wildlife species.
State of Minnesota. Landscape-Level Forest Resources Planning and Coordination Program.
The Blue River Landscape Study is a large scale, long-term effort to develop and monitor the effectiveness of an alternative landscape management strategy. Click here for report.
Heinz Center Forest Indicators, introduction to forests chapter.
Willamette Basin Explorer. Information to help local citizens and policymakers make decisions about land and water use in Oregon's Willamette River Basin.
Pacific Forest Trust. The Pacific Forest Trust is committed to alleviating the threat to the integrity and productivity of America’s private forests.
Coastal Landscape Analysis and Modeling Study is a multi-disciplinary
research effort whose goal is to analyze the aggregate ecological, economic, and
social consequences of forest policies of different land owners in the Coast
Range.
Related Resources
Thinning, Fire, and Forest Restoration: A Science-based Approach for National Forests in the Interior Northwest. By Rick Brown. November 2000.
Global Markets Forum: Summary Report May 4, 2005. National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry.
Forests on the Edge: Housing Development on America's Private Forests. By Susan M. Stein, et al. This report displays and describes housing density projections on private forests, by watershed, across the conterminous United States.
USDA Forests on the Edge is a study which shows our nation's private forests will continue to become fragmented by housing development over the next 25 years--putting many forested watersheds at risk.
Franklin, J. F. and K. N. Johnson. 2004. Forests Face New Threat: Global Market Changes. Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 2004.
Science and Biodiversity and Sustainable Forestry. A Findings Report of the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry.
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Findings. View list of projects. View Issue 27, September 2000. View Issue 54, July 2003.
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Update. View publications and products.View Issue 1, May 2002.
Willamette River Basin Challenge of Change. By Marcia
Sinclair. Based on The Willamette River Basin Planning Atlas.
Forests present immensely complex challenges for biodiversity conservation. Read some of the concepts scientists use to frame how we think about conservation of forest biodiversity.
Forests, in all their variety, provide benefits to biodiversity and management opportunities and challenges that are different from other ecosystem types.
Natural forests are a mosaic of stands of varying sizes and ages which supports a great diversity of wildlife.
Adverse effects on forest biodiversity can come from a variety of sources, including forest management.
Many conservation biologists are looking to the broader landscape for options to help conserve forest biodiversity.
Sources for further information on forest biodiversity and management strategies.
