Theses and Dissertations - Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
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Examining emerging water quality markets through a collective action lens
Water quality trading (WQT) is a collective action mechanism increasingly employed to address water quality concerns arising from nonpoint source pollution. Yet, many established WQT programs have experienced little or no ... -
Climate change adaptation in wildland fire management and governance in Alaska
In the sparsely populated landscape of Alaska, natural resource-dependent rural communities are experiencing the effects of a rapidly changing climate. Warming average temperatures have caused increases in wildland fire ... -
Aboveground woody biomass estimation of green ash trees (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) along Colorado's Northern Front Range in response to the invasive emerald ash borer (Agrilus plannipenis Fairmaire)
The invasive emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) in forests and urban areas across the United States. Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) is ... -
Prioritizing restoration and fire preparedness at the public-private boundary
System processes, like wildfire, will continue to threaten life and property, particularly if land managers cannot work across the public-private boundary at large enough scales. Addressing the wildfire challenge will ... -
An integrated eco-socio-economic analysis of forest transition and forest restoration in Vietnam
Forests provide numerous benefits to human well-being, so changes in forest cover have large societal impacts from local to global scales. Several studies in Vietnam and elsewhere have found single solutions for increasing ... -
Differential equation models of wildfire suppression allocation
(CHAPTER 1) Current policy calls for efficient and effective wildfire response, which requires an understanding of the system's complexity. Data visualization often provides key insight to initiate any normative modeling ... -
Knowledge management for adaptive planning and decision-making in federal land management agencies
Scholarship on environmental governance emphasizes the importance of institutions with the capacity to integrate scientific knowledge from multiple scales of assessment into decision-making processes at multiple levels of ... -
The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program : lessons from two Colorado-based forest restoration projects
The U.S. Forest Service's Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) emphasizes collaboration throughout the planning, monitoring, and implementation of landscape-scale forest restoration projects. The ... -
The effects of climate on Engelmann spruce regeneration and vigor
Recent climate modeling suggests that drought will become more frequent in the southern Rocky Mountains over the next century. Understanding how tree species will respond and adapt to this changing climate is vital to guide ... -
Assessment of stable aspen communities on the Roan Plateau, Colorado
Since the late 20th century, a growing scientific debate over the prospective future decline or persistence of aspen cover across North America has prompted interest in understanding aspen structure and regeneration dynamics ... -
Evaluating mortality dynamics during a spruce beetle epidemic in the Southern Colorado Rocky Mountains
The onset of a decade-long spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) epidemic in Southern Colorado has resulted in the death of thousands of acres of forests primarily dominated by Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii). To ... -
Assessing forest plan revision under the 2012 planning rule : understanding policy implementation and organizational learning
In 2012, under the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), the U.S. Forest Service promulgated a new planning rule that was a significant change from past planning regulations. For example, the concepts of ecological integrity ... -
Investigating the relationship between horizontal forest structure and fire behavior using a physics-based fire model
Silvicultural treatments are increasingly being implemented across the Western US in fire-prone forests as a way to simultaneously reduce fire hazard while also increasing horizontal structural heterogeneity (tree spatial ... -
States and transitions in aspen dominated ecosystems in western Colorado
In Colorado and the southwestern United States, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is a species of high ecological, economic, and aesthetic importance. In response to the interests of several landowners and land ... -
Fuel treatment longevity in a dry mixed conifer forest on the Colorado Front Range
Hazardous fuel treatments have been occurring on an increasingly large scale throughout the western US in response to uncharacteristically severe wildfires in recent decades. These treatments have been shown to be effective ... -
Complex interactions between dwarf mistletoe, fuel loading, and fire in the lodgepole pine dominated forests of central Colorado
Lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum Nutt. ex Engelm) is an obligate hemiparsite that infects lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. Ex. Loud) throughout the large majority of lodgepole pine’s range. ... -
Cattle ranching on the western Great Plains : a study of adaptive decision-making
Ranching social-ecological systems (SESs) in the semi-arid, western Great Plains persist under highly variable inter- and intra-annual weather conditions and globally influenced markets. Ranch spatial scales and manager ... -
Time-Since-Death and its effect on wood from beetle-killed Engelmann spruce in southwest Colorado
Spruce beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis) have caused extensive mortality on 1.5 million acres in Colorado during the current epidemic. There is considerable interest in harvesting treatments aimed at removing dead trees ... -
Spatial component for the decision support systems of Colorado's forest products industry -- industry cluster analysis on sawmills in Northern Colorado
The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) has received numerous requests for a resource that provides a consolidated, up-to-date spatial representation of facilities and contractors associated with Colorado's forest products ... -
Riparian area invasive plant management along the Niobrara River, targeting yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus L.)
Yellow Flag Iris (YFI) (Iris pseudacorus L.) is an invasive exotic species that is causing substantial changes to the ecology of the Niobrara River and the adjacent riparian area habitat. Options for invasive plant management ...
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