Post on 13-May-2018
Silviculture and Forest Management Continuing Education and Outreach
FNRM Seminar Feb. 22, 2017esagor@umn.edu
1995 Sustainable Forest Resources Act
“In many instances the information that professionals need to do their work well is not found in publications, and opportunities for direct information- sharing between researchers and resource managers becomes even more important”
Coffin et al. 2001, JOF
Forestry Education Co-opAitkin County Land DepartmentAitkin County SWCDBeltrami County Natural Resource MgmtBureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest RegionCamp Ripley Natural ResourcesCarlton County Land DepartmentCarlton County SWCDCass County Land DepartmentChequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (USFS)Chippewa National Forest (USFS)Clearwater County Land DepartmentCrow Wing County Land DepartmentFond du Lac ReservationGrand Portage Band of ChippewaHubbard County Natural Resource MgmtItasca Community CollegeItasca County Land DepartmentItasca County SWCDKoochiching County Land & ForestryLake County Land DepartmentMille Lacs Band of OjibweMN Association of County Land CommissionersMN DNR - Division of Forestry
MN DNR - Forest Stewardship PlanwritersMN DNR - Division of Ecological & Water Res. MN DNR - Section of WildlifeMN Forest Resources CouncilMolpus Timberland LLCPine County SWCDPotlatch CorporationRed Lake Tribal DNRSappi Fine PaperSouth St. Louis County SWCDSt. John’s University ArboretumSt. Louis County Land DepartmentSuperior National Forest (USFS)The Nature Conservancy – MN ChapterUMD – Natural Resources Research InstituteUMN Extension ForestryUMN Dept. of Forest ResourcesUPM Blandin Paper CompanyWadena County SWCDWhite Earth Tribal ForestryWI DNR Division of ForestryVermilion Community College
Silviculture
Focus: Land managers
Silviculture
Inventory
Inventory: Emerging tech
Forest Management Guidelines
Disturbance ecology
Interaction
Our business model
Value to members: Quality, relevanceAnnual needs assessment processBudget:
UMN Extension 25%CFC 15%Member dues: 27%Program registration fees: 24%Grants: 9%
Front door to the U
Program examples
Research Review
Research Review
NR Applications of UAS
NR Applications of UAS
NR Applications of UAS
Soils and Forest Management
Problem: Limited land and timber available for summer harvest.
Issue: This may be driven by excessive concern about soil and site degradation during non-frozen conditions.
Soils and Forest Management
Soils and Forest Management
Go deep: Four-part series
Speakers from NRCS, USFS-NRS, UMN-FR, St Louis County Land Dept., DNR-Forestry, Chippewa NF, and MFRC.
Symposium
Wetland
Upland low-quality Upland
high-quality
Soils and Forest Management
Evaluations: Series increased land managers’ confidence interpreting soils data and making appropriate site-specific judgments about management prescriptions.
Great Lakes Silviculture Library
Every treatmentis an experiment
Great Lakes Silviculture Library
Real treatments.
Content supplied by land managers, moderated by us.
Recognizing the value of field experience.
http://z.umn.edu/silvlib
Exchange
Silviculture for Forest Health
Sagor, Windmuller-Campione, Russell, Tiles (UW)
New funding to publish 36 new case studies addressing priority forest health threats
Ash and EAB, Eastern Larch Beetle, Dwarf Mistletoe, Invasive and Competing Veg, Deer, Oak Wilt
New multimedia content for some case studiesNew general silviculture contentNew field days and webinars
SFEC
UMN (CFANS)-based education co-opTargeting professional NR managersInteraction across agencies, disciplines,
perspectivesProgramming driven by member needsStrong FR faculty role
Eli Sagor: esagor@umn.edu or 301J (sometimes)SFEC: http://sfec.cfans.umn.eduSilviculture Library: http://silvlib.cfans.umn.edu
The Silviculture Triangle: Outreach, Teaching, and
Research
Marcella Windmuller-CampioneAssistant Professor, Silviculture
mwind@umn.eduOffice: 330 G
www.cof.orst.edu
Regeneration Triangle
USFWS Alaska: Fire Management
www.na.fs.fed.us
2 fire triangles
Franklin et al. 2007
3 parts of a silvicultural system
www.for.gov.bc.ca
3 Sides of My Silviculture Program
Research Outreach
Teaching
National Advanced Silviculture Program (NASP)
Research Outreach
Teaching
Co-Director: Eli SagorLogistical Coordinator: Julie Hendrickson
35 students4 agencies: FS, BIA, BLM, NRCS
17 instructors covering forest ecology topics in hydrology, soils, forest health, silvics, stand dynamics, climate change, etc.
FNRM 3411/5411: Silviculture
Research Outreach
Teaching
Hybrid Flipped Class
• 80% of lecture video online:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEUNM4iJoeTfEe_l5CIQ9Eg/videos
• Active learning during class time:– Discussions– Case Studies (always looking for new examples)– Presentations– Final Video– Field trips for Lab Section
Range of Disturbance
Audubon Center of the Northwoods
Aitkin Co. Field Trip
Final Video Submitted as a Case Study to Natural Resources Education
Understudied Forest Systems
Research Outreach
Teaching
Lowland Conifers
• Edge of the boreal forest
• Economic & Ecological Important
• Limited info on stand dynamics, silvicultural systems, and management for forest health & climate change adaptation
Bottomland Forests
High elevation five needle pines
• Interactions between MPB, white pine blister rust, & climate change
• Managing for water & wildlife
• How do we manage?
Acknowledgements• University of Minnesota: Brian Aukema, Julie
Hendrickson, Alexis Grinde, Matt Russell, Eli Sagor, Rob Slesak, Kris Tiles
• Utah State University: Jim Long, Justin DeRose, John Shaw
• Colorado State University: Linda Nagel• NIACS• Army Corps of Engineers • MN DNR• Multiple County Land Offices• Students from FNRM:3411/5411• *Apologies for the likely incomplete list